by Steve Cooper | Aug 21, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
This week's Friday's Favorite Flix is the Columbia Pictures Corporation PG-rated film, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” This 1964 award winning (Writers Guild – Best Written American Comedy; New York Film Critics Circle – Best...
by Steve Cooper | Jul 31, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
This week's Friday's Favorite Flix is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)'s “Singin' in the Rain,” a 1952 award winning (Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor – Donald O'Connor) musical produced by Arthur Freed and directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. The story takes...
by Steve Cooper | Jul 24, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
Put your history books down for a moment and we'll watch the original black & white version of a film that while based on a historical event, is a bit loose when it comes to disseminating the facts. This week's Friday's Favorite Flix is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)'s...
by Steve Cooper | Jul 10, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
This week's Friday's Favorite Flix, “Logan's Run,” is an award-winning (Oscar for Special Achievement in Special Effects) 1976 film from Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), producer Saul David and director Michael Anderson. It was the first film to make use of Laser Holography...
by Brian HIll | Jul 3, 2015 | Brian Hill, Favorite Flix
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is the third film in the Mad Max trilogy and this week's Friday's Favorite Flix. This movie is also from Warner Bros. and directed by George Miller who directed both Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Mel Gibson and Bruce Spence both...
by Brian HIll | Jun 26, 2015 | Brian Hill, Favorite Flix
After the incredible success of "Mad Max," George Miller also directed the sequel called "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" for Warner Bros. Mel Gibson once again starred as Max, a somewhat unhinged ex-cop roaming the backroads of post-apocalyptic Australia in a super...
by Steve Cooper | Jun 12, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
This week's Friday's Favorite Flix is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)'s 1966 Academy Award winning film (Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects – Sound Effects), “Grand Prix.” Directed by John Frankenheimer, the movie is about an American Grand Prix (Formula One)...
by Brian HIll | May 29, 2015 | Brian Hill, Favorite Flix
The original “Mad Max” movie was produced in 1979 and released in the US by American International Pictures. Watching it again after more than three decades, the film shows its age. Every bit of the grainy, cheesy, 1970’s era grade B movie feel comes through today....
by Steve Cooper | May 22, 2015 | Favorite Flix, Steve Cooper
This week's Friday's Favorite Flix is Walt Disney Productions' 1964 Academy Award winning film (Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Original Song, Best Original Score), “Mary Poppins.” Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film is about a staid English...
