The Lone Ranger (trailer)
What with all the Pirates of the Caribbean folks involved here, I wasn’t expecting this to be so serious…
Lone Ranger
why Johnny Depp’s Tonto is not a Native American Jack Sparrow (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
retro ad: 1960s Captain Action commercial
Captain Action is a fraud — a fraud, I say!
question of the day: How much is too much to spend on producing a movie?
Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger over budget concerns even though it seems like a sure thing. Have we finally hit a ceiling on production costs?
classical movies are music to cinema’s ears
No, not classic movies: classical movies. September is Classical Music Month, the origin of which probably ties in to the whole “back to school, back to seriousness” idea. Which is sort of silly, actually: just because classical music is has stood the test of time doesn’t mean it has to be solemn. In fact, for … more…
retro trailer: ‘The Long Ranger’
Take a look back at an old trailer… Clayton Moore’s Long Ranger… in color! I was writing something the other day (about the use of classical music by movies and TV; I’ll post it soon) and it occurred to me that the Long Ranger is a character we haven’t seen much of in pop culture … more…
