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Flashdance was released on April 15, 1983 Given the 30 year anniversary of Flashdance , I have been looking at some of the classic danc...

King Kong (1933), promotional image Unexpected demands upon my time came up over the past few days, leaving me with little time to blo...

Barbie (2008, Black Label) as Tippi Hedren from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds Today, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of A...

"You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!!!" - Disney's Peter Pan was released on February 5, 1953 Today marks the 60th an...

Leprechaun (1993) featuring Warwick Davis This week marked the 20th anniversary of the cult classic horror movie, Leprechaun , starring...

Fuchsias : Angel Earrings Some, too fragile for winter winds The thoughtful grave encloses — Tenderly tucking them in from fro...

"The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen ...

Image from Garfield bookmark "Some Call It Laziness. . ." (1978) by Jim Davis On June 19, 1978, Jim Davis' comic strip, ...

Promotional image for Conan the Barbarian (1982) featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger Lately, I've been doing the "Thirty years ag...

Mike Myers as Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) It's been a while since I've done a "cinema" post, ...

Detail from The Three Stooges' Columbia Intro Card With the upcoming Three Stooges movie coming out this weekend, it's got me...

Disney's Cinderella was released on February 15, 1950. It's time to celebrate another Disney animated classic, Cinderella . ...

Pinocchio released from Stromboli's cage by the Blue Fairy I can't let the day pass without posting a brief celebration for the...

Detail of Trumpets of Jericho by H.R. Giger Although I'm fond of dark, haunting imagery, I've never found the work of H.R. Gig...

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976) delivering the "Mad as Hell" speech  Today is "I'm Not Going to Tak...

The Bat-Signal Here's a whimsical post to start the weekend. ;-) I recently visited the Petersen Automotive Museum to check out ...

Donald Duck deals with anger management issues in Self Control (1938)  It seems like there is a Bird celebration every few months. F...

Detail of Monster of Frankenstein #1 cover art (1973) by Mike Ploog Published on January 1, 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or...

Nino Rota won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather in 1974.  On this date in 1911, the great cinematic compo...

Buzz Lightyear action figures  On November 22, 1995, Pixar's first feature film, Toy Story , was released. It's hard to im...