Tag Archives: movies

Link Ch. 3 – Using Kickstarter to Help Fund Movies

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Kickstarter Page for Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus  Small-town movie theaters theaters threatened by shift to digital cinema Story from the LA Times on how smaller communities are using fundraising and Kickstarter to try to buy digital projectors for drive-ins and … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Why would a big name director like Spike Lee choose to fund a movie using Kickstarter? Well, let’s let him answer that question: If you had a button that would let you turn off all news about the Royal Baby, … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Movie Edition

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

How did Die Hard director John McTiernan end up in prison? It’s not a pretty story. How does the JJ Abrams Star Trek Reboot compare to what Nicholas Meyer did to the original movie series? Smart critique that does just … Continue reading →

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Obsessed fans, Iron Man, Censors, & Rush – Pop Culture Roundup

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

So maybe Stephen King wasn’t completely exaggerating  with his obsessed fan in Misery. True Blood author Charlaine Harris has some really  over-the-top fans who don’t want her to end her Sookie Sackhouse vampire series. Iron Man 3 Gets Odd Changes … Continue reading →

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Remembering Roger Ebert

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

“Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated” It was hard to get the news last week that Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert had died of cancer.  Just the day before he died, Ebert had announced on … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Charley – Handicapping the Oscars

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Charley Reed has done enough guest blog posts here that I’m no longer going to consider him a guest poster.  Instead, I’m going to put his great commentaries on pop media culture under the heading Charley’s Pop Culture.  Here are … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Do the Oscars Really Matter?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Today’s guest post is from Charley Reed, who does public relations work of the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  He’s also the guy I turn to when I need critical analysis of pop culture issues such as censorship and the show South … Continue reading →

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When news catches up with my long-term pop culture diet

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been planning for several days to write a blog entry today about three movies from 1968 that I’ve watched over the last couple of weeks  – 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ice Station Zebra, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. Why … Continue reading →

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Free Kindle download on book about Disney’s John Carter of Mars misfire

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

“John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood” about what went wrong with the Disney/Andrew Stanton adaptation of John Carter of Mars is free on Kindle through Thursday, February 7th. Thanks to BoingBoing for the story on this.  

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

How did LucasFilm (Disney) exec Kathleen Kennedy get JJ Abrams to agree to direct Star Wars VII? That question is answered, along with a great look at how Kennedy went from being a PA to one of the most powerful … Continue reading →

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