Category Archives: Classics

War Movie Mondays: ‘Sahara’ (1943)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is a unique look at behind the lines action during the North African campaign in the early days of World War II. Zoltan Korda directs the 1943 Columbia Pictures release of Sahara, a morale booster of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Foreign Films, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bruce Bennett, Carl Harbord, Dan Duryea, David Lean, Guy Kingsford, Humphrey Bogart, J. Carrol Naish, Kurt Krueger, Lloyd Bridges, Louis Mercier, Patrick O' Moore, Rex Ingram, Richard Nugent, Sam Peckinpah, Zoltan Korda | Comments Off

‘Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Airplane’ Make The National Historic Registry

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Joe Gillis

Some films deserve to make the record books or be encapsulated forever in history books, and some films are Big Mama’s House 2. Luckily, the National Historic Registry hasn’t selected that film, but instead is including 25 films on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Classics, Drama, Filmmaking, Movies, News | Tagged Airplane, All the president's men, cry of jazz, Empire Strikes Back, exorcist, front page, George Lucas, I Am Joaquin, It's A Gift, the bargain, The Front Page, THX 1138 | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Stalag 17′

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Merry Christmas to all you War Movie Monday fans and thank you for following this year’s cavalcade of classic war pictures. This week’s pick is in honor of the Christmas season, with the 1953 William Wilder classic Stalag 17 which follows … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Classics, Comedy, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, Paramount, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Don Taylor, Donald Bevan, Edmund Trzcinski, Gil Stratton, Harvey Lembeck, Neville Brand, Otto Priminger, Peter Graves, Richard Erdman, Robert Strauss, Sig Ruman, William Holden, William Wilder | 2 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Battleground’

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Seasons greetings to all you loyal War Movie Monday fans out there in The Flickcast universe. In keeping with the theme of war films which happen around the holidays, I am proud to present this week’s pick, the 1949 MGM … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, MGM, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Don Taylor, Douglas Fowley, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Jerome Courtland, John Hodiak, Marshall Thompson, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Pirosh, Van Johnson, William Wellman | 1 Comment

‘Princess Bride’ Meets ‘Star Wars’ In This Great Fan Film

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Matt Raub

Since the epic Star Wars Kid YouTube explosion 4 years ago, and the inevitable lightsaber remix, practically everybody with a computer has been taking a whack at adding lightsabers to some of their favorite things. Everybody from Bruce Lee to … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Classics, Comedy, Fan Films, Fandom, Fantasy, Movies, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Video, Web | Tagged Bruce Lee, Lightsabers, Monty Python, Princess Bride, Star Wars, Star Wars Kid | 1 Comment

They May Be Confusing, But Check Out Two New Clips From ‘The Tempest’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Matt Raub

Shakespeare’s The Tempest may be one of the most contrived and story-heavy piece of work in his collection, but that’s not stopping director Julie Taymor, who plans on bringing a direct adaptation of the play to theaters next year. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Books, Classics, Disney, Drama, Filmmaking, Movies, News, Video | Tagged Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, Ben Whishaw, Chris Cooper, David Strathairn, Disney, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, Reeve Carney, Russell Brand, The Tempest, Tom Conti | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Greetings War Movie Monday fans. This week’s pick is the 1970 20th Century Fox classic Tora! Tora! Tora! which depicts the attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7, 1941 as seen through the eyes of both the American and … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Academy Awards, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, DVD, E.G. Marshall, George Macready, James Whitmore, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Kinji Fukasaku, Martin Balsam, Netflix, Richard Fleischer, Soh Yamamura, Toshio Masuda | Comments Off

Go Behind The Scenes Of The ‘Community’ Stop-Motion Christmas Special

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Sebastian Suchecki

Who doesn’t love a classic stop-motion Christmas special around the time of the holidays? Rankin/Bass productions like Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer have pulled families together for generations around this time of year, and now it’s time for NBC’s breakout comedy … Continue reading →