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Link Ch. 8 – Trailer for “The Artist”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The Artist won a host of Oscars in 2012, including Best Actor and Best Picture.  Not bad for a black & white silent movie….

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Link Ch. 8 – Tyler Perry’s Hollywood Success

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Vanity Fair  – Tyler Perry was the number #2 African American Hollywood star for 2010 Never mind the fact that he actually lives in Atlanta…. Box Office Mojo – The box office success of Tyler Perry He’s produced a reliably … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Original 1975 Jaws trailer

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

This is the trailer for the original summer blockbuster Jaws released in the summer of 1975.

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Link Ch. 8 – What should the documentary Bully do about its R rating?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The documentary Bully has been getting a lot of attention this week for the R rating the MPAA assigned it. As of right now, the MPAA (who does the ratings) says that the documentary on bullying deserves the R rating for … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Michael Cimino’s epic failure of a motion picture Heaven’s Gate is credited with/blamed for sinking the United Artists film studio.  Some claim it was a masterpiece.  Me?  My wife-to-be and I saw it on our first date back in 1981.  The … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Top of the Movie Box Office

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

As members of the audience, the actual amount of money a movie makes at the box office probably shouldn’t matter to us.  All we ought to care about is whether we liked the movie.  But with box office information  constantly … Continue reading →

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Trailers for a host of fantasy and sci-fi films

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The last few days have brought us a host of cool new trailers for upcoming fantasy and sci-fi movies.  Here a links to my tumblr for them: Snow White and the Huntsman A very dark take on what was a … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – What’s killing the movies?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

GQ – The Day The Movies Died Mark Harris takes a look at what’s wrong with the movies today, and with a single paragraph nails it: [L]et’s look ahead to what’s on the menu for this year: four adaptations of comic … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones as a tribute to the films of Ridley Scott

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been rewatching the Star Wars prequels riding the exercise bike at night lately, and after finishing Episode II – Attack of the Clones, I’m reminded of a couple things. First, for me Attack of the Clones is by far the … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Pre-Code Movies

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

When we think of movies of the Black and White era, we generally think of them being regulated by the Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) that kept immoral material out of the movies.  Among the requirements were … Continue reading →

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