Category Archives: Classics

First Images From Disney’s New ‘Winnie The Pooh’ Film Hit The Web

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Matt Raub

Good news, Disney fans! That honey-loving bear, Winnie the Pooh is making his way back to the big screen, and he’s staying in 2D! Just when you thought Disney was out to take their classic films and rehash them in … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ’1941′

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1979 least known and only comedy from director Steven Spielberg, 1941 which stars Saturday Night Live originals Dan Aykroyd (Sgt. Frank Tree), and the incomparable John Belushi (Capt. “Wild” Bill Kelso, U.S. Army Air Corp.) Other … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb’

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964) is the ultimate black comedy, war movie which pokes fun at the absurdity of nuclear war and those responsible for escalating tensions throughout world during the Cold War. The film stars the great Peter Sellers … Continue reading →

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Playboy Goes Back….To Ruin Your Childhood

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Matt Raub

It’s very rare that one can have Back to the Future and almost naked models on the same page. Thanks to Playboy.com (Just like Playboy magazine but with less page turning), you can finally merge those two things in your … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Apocalypse Now’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick takes us back into the heart of darkness with Francis Ford Coppola’s riveting Vietnam classic Apocalypse Now (1979). The film was written by Coppola and John Milius, along with brilliant narration written by Michael Herr. The movie … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the Tony Richardson 1968 remake of The Charge of the Light Brigade which tells the story of a British expeditionary force sent to the Crimean peninsula in 1854 to halt the spread of Russian dominance over … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Castle Keep’

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Castle Keep (1969) is a very anti-heroic World War II film filled with lots of dark humor and beautiful photography. The film is based on William Eastlake’s novel about a weary squad of American soldiers who come upon a tenth … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Patton’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Patton (1970) which is a bio pic of famed World War II American General George S. Patton. George C. Scott stars as the man who was feared by his enemies, as well as his allies. Patton … Continue reading →

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