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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — (more) Happy Thanksgiving!
Time to Kick Back
Time to Kick Back
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — I have a few things I'm writing now and others in development but this week is done.... It's a holiday week meaning, for me at least, the house will be full, friends will be stopping by and family flying in. I'll keep putting up the pics on The Invisible Edge and The Gunslinger (well, maybe not ... (more) Time to Kick Back
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters  Toerifc November
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Toerifc November
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — If you've seen Mishima , Toerifc's November selection, recently or know it well enough already please head... over to Crips and Mutes , the home of blogger Krauthammer, for a full discussion of the film starting at 10:00 a.m. this morning (or apparently, thereabouts. Let's call it "tennish" at this ... (more) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Toerifc November
January 12, 2010
January 12, 2010
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — In less than two months, on that date, Luise Rainer will be 100. I can handle the... cake but could someone help with the cups, plates and napkins? Also, anyone know if this is on the Mayan calendar? Seriously though, 100. Unlike Barbara Stanwyck, Katherine Hepburn (100 in 2007) and Bette Davis ... (more) January 12, 2010
TOERIFC November  (plus other TOERIFC announcements)
TOERIFC November (plus other TOERIFC announcements)
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — First and foremost, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is the selection for TOERIFC November and will... be hosted by Krauthammer on Monday the 23rd. It is not, repeat NOT, available on i-tunes, Amazon Video on Demand or Netflix Instant which means you have to get the DVD itself. If you have not ... (more) TOERIFC November (plus other TOERIFC announcements)
At the River Crossing  Edward Woodward 1930-2009
At the River Crossing Edward Woodward 1930-2009
cinemastyles.blogspot.com — "These are memories to be hoarded" - Harry "Breaker" Morant The first time I had any real... knowledge of who Edward Woodward was was in the 1984 Hallmark Hall of Fame version of A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. In that ... (more) At the River Crossing Edward Woodward 1930-2009
The Land Before CGI Raise the Titanic
In 1980 Raise the Titanic was released to across the board pans from the critical community. The public too seemed dissatisfied with the film as it tanked at the box office. Even today all it can muster on IMDB is a rating of 3.9. So, were the original pans warranted? Yes and no. In all ...
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Order and Uncertainty Random Thoughts on A SERIOUS MAN
Understanding physics is easy. I've been studying it as a layman since childhood and have found it fascinating, enlightening and useful. Where there are questions it provides answers. Where there are answers it provides questions. Like I said, it's easy. It's the math that's hard. Religion ...
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On this Day, Gene Tierney
At the end of October I put up a post saying, essentially, that I hadn't done all I wanted to do. In a month in which I had planned to delve fully into the emotional passions involved in horror I had, to my eyes, come up short. As such, I said I was going to extend October celebrations ...
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Calling All Krauthammers! A TOERIFC All Points Bulletin
It occurs to me that the next TOERIFC movie, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, is coming up soon but... I don't know when! And I cannot locate any e-mail anywhere for the mysterious Krauthammer who is the one covering it. So, Krauthammer, please comment below or e-mail me as to when the hell ...
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The Land Before CGISan Francisco
One of the best parts of blogging is starting new features that are invariably forgotten, scuffed up, stepped on and finally, mercifully, left for dead. "I'm starting a new feature..." is bloggerspeak for "I'm bored and have an idea that I will stick with for one or two posts, maybe three, and ...
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Saints be Praised!
Cue The Four Tops .
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Horror - But Once Each Year?
Every year around this time I feel like an interloper. The great blogs with a focus on the darker side, from Arbogast on Film to Final Girl , from Frankensteinia to Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire and even Cinebeats and Coffee Coffee and more Coffee , not exclusively horror blogs as they ...
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Black Sabbath Poster Bonanza
Look at the great posters below for Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. They're courtesy of a wonderful site entitled The Wrong Side of Art and I heartily recommend going there and browsing their immense archives. I put them up to remind everyone that there are still three days to go in Kevin Olson's  ...
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