brief namedropping that nobody will care about

...of me gestured to another gentleman, and said, "Do you know who that is?" And I didn't, and he said, "It's James Drury! He was a big star in the '50s and '60s. He was in 'The Virginian'." And it WAS. JAMES DRURY BAMF back in the day I feel like I need to fan-adopt him somehow, and make a bunch...

Twilight star Xavier Samuel slips in for trim

... student since he landed a role in the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, which completed filming in Canada two months ago. ..., is set to make Samuel, 25, a major Hollywood star. This week he was enjoying some downtime in his .... "We were listening to a fair bit of '50s rock and roll on the way here." Meanwhile, ...: "If you want to know what happens in the movie, just read the book." Source

Winona Ryder Interview

... such an influential film. RYDER: That movie probably did a lot more for ...going to happen. MOOALLEM: Well, the movie was years ahead of its time...way they are now without that movie. RYDER: We were joking about ...were actually good experiences where the movie just didn’t really come ... the idea of being a movie star? RYDER: I was never ... Salinger wrote someone in the ’50s. It was literally just like, ...

I hate these things.

... Asian cinema of the 70s, Inglourious Basterds was a thrilling pastiche of 50s and 60s era World War II action movies, or, at least ... Pitt and his "Basterds" took less than a third of the movie's screen time, while the rest of the film dealt with the ... science fiction in the old Richard Matheson tone, minus it's post-Star Wars fantasy escapist elements, and what we have here is an extraordinarily ...

Interview: Zachary Levi Loves his Chimpmunks

...), Simon (voiced by Criminal Minds star Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (...s (Jason Lee) cousin Toby (Chuck star Zachary Levi), and they have to ...a good chance, especially after the movie comes out and people are calling...ll go, "I remember watching that movie and, oh my gosh, that's...liked what he brought to the movie," and maybe they watch Chuck ... thing to do. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, when animation was ...

Film on TV: December 14-20

...the Wind on Tuesday. Humphrey Bogart is TCM’s star of the month this month, and all day ... Elvis Costello with Neko Case , etc. Okay, not a movie. But I know there some Neko Case fans around ..., Seven Brides is one of the most entertaining movie musicals ever made, and I defy anyone to outdo ... the sword-and-sandal films so popular in the ’50s and ’60s. 1959 USA. Director: William Wyler. Starring:...

Movie Review: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

... or wherewithal to do one. Still haven't found another job since leaving DAAV and started watching Star Trek: TNG through Netflix. That that however you will. I saw "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" yesterday ...-up. And boy did it work. Such an awesome film! It's a stop-motion animated movie, so it has that inherent 50s/60s kitschy vibe going for it, which is great since it's a Wes Anderson film and ...

The Technology of AVATAR - How'd They Do It?

... to create his alien species. Humanoid aliens have been played by actors in makeup for decades, since the B-movies of the '50s, and on through four decades of "Star Trek" spin offs and other science fiction films and TV shows. Virtually every design and method for putting rubber onto actors' faces ...

A Franchise And A Film, by Deven Science

Yesterday was a very movie-centric day for me, despite the fact that I didn... any movies. I picked up my copy of Star Trek on DVD. I went to Target to ... 10th anniversary of Fight Club . I love this movie so much. I didn't see it in ...'d always wanted, with the touches of the '50s or '40s, and when I quit my crappy ... I'm writing about these two movies, as Star Trek the franchise has been with me for ...

...both actors more in roles other than the ones for which they're most famous. In Chaney's case I'm very fond of a rather obscure 1956 movie he made called Indestructible Man . It has a nice film noir vibe to it, combined with a plotline that is pure 50s sci-fi. What's your favourite performance by Chaney?