June 23rd of 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of Tim Burton’s version of a Batman movie. (I’d have written this then, but I didn’t have a blog. I do now.) The film still has an influence …
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Burton’s "Batman" at twenty
In memory of Patrick Swayze, it is really great timing for this twentieth anniversary collector’s edition 2 DVD set. This incredible set includes of course the original movie, but also includes Music…
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Dirty Dancing Fans: This One’s For You
Initial black movies were race films, produced in the early part of the twentieth century. These films had mainly black cast members and were produced specifically for the black audience; with the hop…
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History of Black Movies
This is the second movie of the Oscar winner director of the Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont. Again this is based around a prison. It stars Tom Hanks as a prison guard Paul Edgecomb, and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey a mysterious gentle giant of a fellow from the deep south at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Movie Review For the Green Mile
Although the United States has dominated commercial film production for much of the twentieth century, movies did not originate in America. The first important successful public exhibition in the Unit…
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Classic Jimmy Stewart Movies