Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 15, 2013

Fay Wray was born on September 17, 1907, marking today as the 106th anniversary of her birth. She is, of course, best known as the girl who screamed her way into the heart of a giant ape. Of course, King Kong was far from Ms. Wray’s only role, nor was...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 15, 2013

Some of you may have noticed a couple of new images in the sidebar to the left. Both of them are promotional images for blogathons I’ll be participating in during October and November. The first one is the Hammer Halloween Blogathon which is being hosted by the Classic Film and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 12, 2013

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 12, 2013

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2013

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Sergio Leone‘s Once Upon a Time in the West. For a longer introduction and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2013

…then her “erotic” grinding with Robin Thicke might have looked something like this: Yeah, actually, probably not, since Asta Neilsen actually has a body with a figure to work with and clearly understands more about true eroticism than Ms. Cyrus likely ever will. Kids these days&#   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2013

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Sergio Leone‘s Once Upon a Time in the West. For a longer introduction and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2013

…then her “erotic” grinding with Robin Thicke might have looked something like this: Yeah, actually, probably not, since Asta Neilsen actually has a body with a figure to work with and clearly understands more about true eroticism than Ms. Cyrus likely ever will. Kids these days&#   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 8, 2013

Trailers can really either be very good or very bad. They can often do a disservice both to the movie they are touting by completely misselling it, or giving away too much. What I’m wanting to focus on here, though, are trailers for classic movies that get it right. Those...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 8, 2013

Trailers can really either be very good or very bad. They can often do a disservice both to the movie they are touting by completely misselling it, or giving away too much. What I’m wanting to focus on here, though, are trailers for classic movies that get it right. Those...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 6, 2013

And that’s saying a lot. Oh, and yes, I will be covering the movie, which is number 7 on the Sight and Sound Top 250 list in an upcoming Top 250 Tuesday entry before too long. And just for good measure, for those of you unfamiliar with the movie, here’s...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 6, 2013

And that’s saying a lot. Oh, and yes, I will be covering the movie, which is number 7 on the Sight and Sound Top 250 list in an upcoming Top 250 Tuesday entry before too long. And just for good measure, for those of you unfamiliar with the movie, here’s...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 5, 2013

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 5, 2013

Do we really NEED a new RoboCop reboot? Probably not. But this actually meets most of my criteria for such a thing. It’s been long enough since the original, the technology available can definitely be a benefit to the new film, and it looks like the film makers actually have...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 5, 2013

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 5, 2013

Do we really NEED a new RoboCop reboot? Probably not. But this actually meets most of my criteria for such a thing. It’s been long enough since the original, the technology available can definitely be a benefit to the new film, and it looks like the film makers actually have...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 3, 2013

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Michaelangelo Antonioni‘s Blow-Up. For a longer introduction and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 3, 2013

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Michaelangelo Antonioni‘s Blow-Up. For a longer introduction and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 1, 2013

I’ve been promising some new weekly features, and here is the first of them. Trailers can really either be very good or very bad. They can often do a disservice both to the movie they are touting by completely misselling it, or giving away too much. What I’m wanting to...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 1, 2013

Wow. There’s really not much more that can be said about this, Unfortunately I don’t personally get TCM as part of my cable package, but if there were ever something that would convince me to upgrade, this would be it. http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2013/08/30/dvr-red   read more