White Christmas (retro trailer)
It’s in VistaVision and Technicolor, but they don’t want to spoil the surprise of how awesome it is so they cover up all the pretty pictures with giant text…
dvd/vod/streaming
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (retro trailer)
The general level of just barely contained family animosity and bad will is what makes this a classic…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (retro trailer)
Gotta love Walt Disney himself introducing the seven dwarfs…
Adventures in Babysitting (retro trailer)
Who’da thunk the 80s would ever look like a high point in cinema?
Doctor Who thing of the day: “Night and the Doctor” minisodes
What does the Doctor do while his companions are asleep? I have my own ideas about this, but here’s Steven Moffat’s take, across five mini episodes from the new Season 6 DVD box set.
question of the day: Famous creative types pushing back against corporate greed: hot new trend or momentary pissing into the wind?
Jesse Eisenberg sues a DVD distributor for misleadingly suggesting he’s the star of a film. Elvis Costello tells his fans not to buy a ridiculously overpriced box set. Are these two instances just a coincidence? Or might something bigger be afoot?
The Prince and the Showgirl (retro trailer)
This the movie that My Week with Marilyn is about the making of…
The Muppets Take Manhattan (retro trailer)
I can’t see The Muppets, so I’m consoling myself a bit by looking at old trailers.
The Black Cat (1941) (retro trailer)
I’m guessing the poor black cat is getting a bad rap here…
must reads: “Why renters and pirates watch such different movies”
I thought this was gonna be about how different versions of individual movies appear in legitimate and illegitimate content streams. But, no, it’s even better…
