The original made-for-tv version was flawed in a great many ways (not the least of which was the fact that pretty much the entire second half sucked), but its still going to take an awful lot to top Tim Curry’s Pennywise…but based on this first trailer I am optimistic.
I was wondering around the film section of a London bookstore (I think it was just off Trafalgar Square) sometime back in 2015 and found myself leafing through
Carrie Fisher was reported to have been drowned in the moonlight, strangled by her own bra.
I’m super excited that the Eastman Museum is doing a completely on film series on Ernest Borgnine (including one on 16mm!), and I’m super bummed that I won’t be going to any screenings (it is a bit of haul to up state NY). And I’m also super, super bummed they left out one of his…
We’ve had a bit of luck over the last few months, and here are the results:
I just realized I haven’t be one a post on my Tribeca Film Festival experiences yet, but for now you too can enjoy one of them (at least if you’re reading this before October 19, 2016). Fathom Events is screening Taxi Driver to celebrate its 40th, and they will also be showing the taped Q/A…
Today we lost one of The Greats, and I mean it. “The Producers”, “Young Frankenstein”, “Blazing Saddles”…come on! The world is a little less funny now that Mr Wilder is no longer with us. To mark his passing The Langrick Film Forum plans to screen (in 16mm) “Young Frankenstein” later this evening if you happen…
On Friday I made a last minute trip to the AMC to see a new film “Equity“, one which I really hadn’t heard anything about (I really should pay more attention when I go to the Tribeca Film Festival) but it looked promising (at least in comparison
We introduced the young Scrod to the 1978 version of Superman: The Movie last night, and she made her Daddy Scrod proud with all the questions she had and the jokes she made. I will save a full critique for another time (that turn-back-time ending deserves a post all on its own), but I did want…
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OK, this is an edited post, and I’ve taken pretty much all of the original post down. The main reason is I was pretty negative, OK, I was a jerk about the writer of this Letter from the “Reader’s Letters” section of the July 2016 “Site and Sound”. I should have just pointed out he…
