I forgot the cultural significance of this day in movie history, so if you click on my original story you will se lots of “Star Wars” trivia! Enjoy!
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“The Only Living Boy In New York!” Paul Simon Breaks Up With Art Garfunkel Over “Catch-22!”
What Caused Simon & Garfunkel To Break Up? First, a big thanks to Clive, so reminded me of this wild story with his recent post celebrating The Wrecking Crew! His link is below…but first, why did this massively successful duo,… Read More ›
Did “Flash Gordon” Lead To “Star Wars?” Celebrating Sam Jones – The Original “Han Solo”!
“Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!” Cult movie fans know that Sam Jones WAS “Flash Gordon!’ But did you know this: those are the words that led to “Star Wars!” There, do I… Read More ›
“May The 4th Be With You!” How “Flash Gordon” Created “Star Wars!” Olivia Munn As Princess Leia! Han Solo Revelations!
“May The 4th Be With You!” Yes, it’s “Star Wars” day – as fans around the world celebrate May 4th – you know: the classic line from the movie “May the force be with you” is now a national “Star… Read More ›
“Star Wars” Live At The Hollywood Bowl! Thousands Of Light Sabers Battle Darth Vader As “The Empire Strikes Back”!
Luke Skywalker! Princess Leia! Han Solo! “Star Wars” Lights Up The Hollywood Bowl! “Star Wars” fans were in heaven this past weekend, as the iconic Hollywood Bowl showed the original “Star Wars” on Friday with live orchestration, while Alex and… Read More ›
RIP Sci-Fi Legend Harlan Ellison! “A Boy And His Dog” Scribe! “Star Trek” Classic Feud!
RIP Harlan Ellison… Harlan Ellison, one of the world’s foremost science fiction writers, has died at 84. His death was announced by a family friend via twitter. “Susan Ellison has asked me to announce the passing of writer Harlan Ellison,… Read More ›
Songs With An “O”! Brilliant Movies! Band Battles! Led Zeppelin! Paul Williams and Malcolm McDowell!
Songs with the letter “O” includes two of my favorite films of all time, the scathing “anti-Art Garfunkel” song written by Paul Simon – and some classic Led Zeppelin as well! Let’s get started with a brilliant Brian DePalma movie… Read More ›
Was Jess Franco The Origin Of Darth Vader? Is His Look An Homage To A Lina Romay Cult Shocker?
Where Did Darth Vader’s Look Come From? A Jess Franco Film? OK, here’s how this radical thought began: I happened to be watching this 1974 cult exploitation film by Jess Franco: A Naked “Most Dangerous Game!” The film is vintage… Read More ›
“The Only Living Boy In New York!” Paul Simon Skewers Art Garfunkel Over “Catch-22!”
“The Only Living Boy In New York!” What a great title for a movie! This new Amazon release was directed by Marc Webb and stars Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon and Jeff Bridges. Alex and I are… Read More ›
Movies With A “D” – Ten Classic “D” List Movies! Revenge! Sex! The Dawn Of 007!
Here Are Ten Great “D” Movies! Continuing my alphabetical countdown of movies I love, here are ten that begin with the letter “D” – they are full of sex, violence and Paul Giamatti too! Remember, these are not in order,… Read More ›
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