In "Jaws," the Nightmare Is What You Don't See
Christina Humphrey revisits the making of Jaws, a film production so troubled that the story became more about what you don't see than what you do.
Duel on Sunset Boulevard
American filmmakers have been equally as infatuated with the car as the rest of the country. It’s been a key player in hundreds of films, no more so than Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950)...Two decades after Sunset Boulevard, 25-year-old Steven Spielberg and writer Richard Matheson would similarly use the nation’s love affair with the open road in constructing Duel, an ABC TV movie of the week into a taut thriller.
Finally, an excuse to write about cake.
Ordinarily we don't post pictures of cake -- this isn't a food blog or CakeWrecks. But since Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche (the voices of animated mice Pinky and the Brain, respectively) are coming to the Plaza Theatre in ten days, we now have an excuse to post a picture of this awesome birthday cake.
Memories of Romeo + Juliet
It’s not often we can recreate those feelings that we felt so strongly when we were younger, but watching Romeo + Juliet brings me back to such a naïve and delicate age. I can only imagine what those who grew up in the '80s felt at our August screening of Heathers.
Rock Out With Your Inner Science Nerd Kid and They Might Be Giants
It's Friday afternoon, and that means it's time to shut down Outlook and surf web videos until five o'clock arrives. Might we suggest 2011 Mountainfilm in Telluride selection "I Am A Paleontologist?" It has every thing your inner science nerd needs - They Might Be Giants in animated form, dinosaurs, and taxonomy.
The Cast of Romeo + Juliet: Then and Now
Over at Screen Crush, Jeremy Taylor has put together a pretty comprehensive "Then and Now" piece on the cast of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. See our favorite.
What would you do for tickets to our Shaun of the Dead / Hot Fuzz double feature?
We knew this show would sell out, and sell out it has. Keep reading to learn how you might still score a seat at our fun-filled night of zombies, explosions, and ice cream.
Pinky: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Watch all 85 of Pinky's responses to the Brain's eternal question.
Summer movies at the Fox during the Coca-Cola Film Festival
If you've never had the pleasure of sinking into one of the seats at the Fox for a good movie, the month of August is a great time to indulge.
"American Made Movie" on August 5th
Whether you are an entrepreneur, student, stay-at-home mom or a senior citizen, you have the power to transform America’s future and be a part of the solution through thinking before buying and through the simple choices you make every day. American Made Movie shows the positive impact of domestic manufacturing jobs on national and local economies in the face of great challenges. August 5th, 7pm at the Plaza Theatre.