By Becky 'Prairiegirl' Kurk ... When I was invited to guest blog on FlixChatter so rtm can have a well-deserved Christmas break from her "baby," and heard the topic was to choose a favorite movie filmed in/around New York City or Boston, I was game. I love Boston! I remember visiting Faneuil Hall Marketplace, taking …
Category: Classic Flix
Reviews of Classic/Noir Films – featuring FlixChatter’s first ever contributor, Vince Caro.
Guest Post: The Red Shoes (1948) Review
Special thanks to my buddy Vince Caro for his excellent contribution! With the anticipated release of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, the somewhat unmarketable genre (at least in recent years) of the ‘ballet movie’ has been reinvigorated with high expectations. The last such movie I’d seen was The Turning Point (1977), an uneven melodrama which stayed …
The Top 5 Classic Films That Got Me Into Classic Movies – by Guest Blogger Vince Caro
rtm's note: In my attempt to dip my feet more into classic movies, I once again turn to the ultimate aficionado Vince Caro to point me in the right direction. His eclectic taste and immense knowledge of classic flicks never ceases to amaze me. Two on the list below I've never even heard of, which …
Classic Flix Review: A Hard Day’s Night
A Hard Day’s Night (1964) by guest blogger Vince Caro a.k.a rockerdad In the spirit of rtm’s trip to London this week, and guest blogger Samantha’s fine piece on Mark Strong, I thought I’d mix things up a bit with an unlikely classic review: The Beatles’ first movie – A Hard Day’s Night from 1964. …
Classic Flix Review: La Jetée (1962) by Rockerdad
Lately, I’ve been preaching to RTM the benefits of Netflix streaming. Recently acquiring a Blu Ray/Netflix player (for cheap), I’ve spent many a night since checking out Netflix’s Watch Instantly library. While the typical duds are to be found, there were some surprisingly good to great movies on the catalog as well as some must-see …
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Classic Flix Review: Frederico Fellini’s 8½ by Rockerdad
As a tribute to RTM’s recent post about ‘writer’s block’, and the fact that Daniel Day-Lewis is reprising the role of Guido in the film version of the revived musical NINE (out on Christmas Day), I thought it would be fitting to do a review of a classic film that delves into the depths of …
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Gone with the Wind tribute – my five favorite scenes
IMDb is featuring Gone with the Wind's 70th-anniversary edition today, complete with the lush Rhett/Scarlett bright red background. I already owned the 4-disc collector's edition, but seeing the comprehensive anniversary set on the Warner Video site is enough to make me want to get another one! Thanks to my late mother, I was exposed to …
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