Thu, 29 October 2009 I can't believe people still need to be educated about this. I was in the video store the other month, and I overheard a guy talking about how much he hated widescreen. By the guy's words, I could tell he really didn't know what it was. He thought widescreen was stretched with the top and bottom of the picture missing. He was obviously one of those obnoxious people who cares not a bit about art anyway, so explaining things to him would have likely been a lost cause. But let me just declare it here, because it can't be said enough for all the people out there who prefer full screen versions of movies made in widescreen (which is most movies from the last 50 years): Widescreen is the WHOLE picture, as the director intended. Full screen is missing half of the picture; fake camera pans are inserted; it's awful. Widescreen is the real deal. If those black bars on the top and bottom of your screen bother you, I encourage you to get over it. Here are two videos that demonstrate what I'm saying. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 4:00 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 29 October 2009 I may talk about this film on the next Cinematic Attic podcast with Kingdom of the Spiders, or I may save it for the following episode. Enjoy the trailer for Don't Answer the Phone! (1980). Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:32 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 22 October 2009  You gotta love those VHS covers of the '80s. This is a recent find at a flea market, although I already own the film in a DVD multi-pack. Had to have this cover! The movie's on-screen title is Legacy of Blood. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 7:08 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 14 August 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOGPAGE, JUNE 14, 2009. The Cinematic Attic will be moving to The Attic of Babel podcast page. It will be joining all my other podcasts there in one central account, with the exception of The Comic Book Attic. The episodes will be moved gradually over the next couple months. Once all are moved, this page will be deleted. If you subscribe to the podcast, you will want to resubscribe at the new site once all the old episodes are reposted (unless, of course, you felt like hearing them again... nah, didn't think so). This is an effort to save time and money in the long run, yet still keep my various podcasts alive. For more details, click here: I apologize for any inconvenience. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 10:35 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 14 August 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOGPAGE, MAY 25, 2009. Episode 15 will feature Kingdom of the Spiders (1977). Trailer: Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 10:25 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 22 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, MARCH 28, 2009. I encourage everyone who likes music to take a listen to the -1 episode of The Stereoplanetary Attic podcast. We take a track-by-track look at the debut EP from Adam Taylor, one of my top five favorite musicians. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 9:51 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JANUARY 13, 2009. Here's a link to where you can watch the stark British nuclear bomb movie, Threads (1984): Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 11:45 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, DECEMBER 23, 2008. Buster Keaton montage to the music of Radiohead. This is an amazing and excellent video: Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 11:34 PM Comments[1] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, DECEMBER 21, 2008. I wasn't expecting for one moment to find a potential review when I sat down to watch this David Hasselhoff vehicle (no pun intended for Knight Rider fans), but what I experienced was the most hilariously bad movie I've seen in a while. It's a howling-on-the-floor good time-- that is, when it's not offending ethnic groups left and right! Here's a trailer to Bail Out (also known as W.B., Blue & The Bean) from 1989: Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 11:03 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, NOVEMBER 5, 2008. Anyone interested in contributing a regular (or irregular) segment to The Cinematic Attic, feel free to email me at cinematicattic (at) yahoo.com Subject matter is open to movies (and topics concerning movies) 20+ years old. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 10:22 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, OCTOBER 24, 2008. Here is the trailer for The Trial, which will be talked about in the next episode: Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 10:11 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008. Okay, so the Labor Day holiday held up the completion of the new episode. It will be on the way soon... In it, I'll be talking about a 1972 TV movie, Strangers in 7A. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 3:03 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, AUGUST 28, 2008. I hope to record the next episode this weekend. The review will have to be a surprise. I also plan to record a negative numbered episode and post it prior to a new proper episode. (Those familiar with The Comic Book Attic format know what I mean). Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 3:00 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JULY 20, 2008. Libsyn is experiencing problems. There has been trouble uploading files today, and I have 2 new Cinematic Attic podcasts ready for posting. Furthermore, I have found myself unable to download the past 4 episodes all of a sudden. So, hopefully, this'll be cleared up soon. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 2:14 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009  ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JULY 14, 2008. My friend JJ and I went to Luray, VA, this past weekend. Went to the caverns/maze/car museum there. It was the second visit for me. Got a pic of Valentino's car in the museum. Thought it might be of interest to cinema fans out there... Photo by JJ. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 2:10 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JULY 13, 2008. The two movies I'll be talking about in the next two episodes are Snuff Bottle Connection (1977) and Escape 2000 (aka Turkey Shoot) (1982). If you'd like to watch them beforehand, feel free. Here are the trailers for Snuff Bottle Connection: and Escape 2000: Also, I found the trailer for past movie Hud: Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 2:04 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009  ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JUNE 18, 2008. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:57 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JUNE 10, 2008. Whenever possible, I will post the movies I'll be talking about in the next episode so that you can watch them if you like. In episode 5, I'll be talking about Hud from 1963(since I used it's pic in ep.3, why not?) and 1985's Keeping Track. Here's a link to the trailer for Keeping Track:  While I'm at it, here are trailers for past reviewed films: Gumnaam: Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things: The Ghost of Frankenstein:  Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:54 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009  ...it would be morbidly entertaining, I think... ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, MAY 19, 2008. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:34 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, MAY 19, 2008. Hopefully, the next episode will be up this week. It will feature one review, and I'll talk about what I've been watching... Meanwhile, check this out this great page: http://www.badmovies.org/ Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:32 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, MAY 19, 2008. Here's a link to a one of my friend JJ's YouTube vids that features yours truly: Nothing special, but I thought it might be fun to see my surprise at suddenly being told I'm well-maintained... what does that mean, anyway?! Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 1:30 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, MARCH 16, 2008. Hi, folks. It looks like the usual frequency of this podcast will be monthly, so I will try to make the shows longer or split a longer show into two shorter ones. Episode 2 will be out by the end of March. Now that my internet service has returned, I also plan to have The CA on iTunes by the end of the month. Meantime, give my favorite movie podcast a try: Mondo Movie. You can also try Movie Noise (and Cinerama) and Cinemaslave. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 12:59 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE CINEMATIC ATTIC BLOG, JANUARY 23, 2008. H'lo. To those of you who listen to my main podcast, The Comic Book Attic, thanks for trying this one too. To everyone else, nice to meet you. Category: cinematic blog -- posted at: 12:37 PM Comments[1] |
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