retro trailer: ‘Back to the Future’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Hot Tub Time Machine has got me nostalgic for this movie… “Doctor Brown” just sounds wrong, doesn’t it? It’s Doc Brown… Interesting, too, how this trailer features actual music from the actual movie. Usually, trailers are cut so far in advance of the completion of a film … more…

retro trailer: ‘King Solomon’s Mines’

Take a look back at an old trailer… This might be my most favoritest hyperbolic trailer ever. “Greatest adventure drama of the ages!” “Actual death fight of the pagan kings!” “Actually filmed in the savage heart of equatorial Africa.” And it’s all filmed on location “where no white woman had ever been before.” Because nothing … more…

retro trailer: ‘Lucas’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Ah, poor Corey Haim… Lucas is available on DVD in Region 1 from Amazon.com and from Amazon.ca and in Region 2 from Amazon U.K.

watch it: 1960s IHOP commercial

Holy crap: As Margaret at Jezebel puts it: “IHOP Serves Up Pancakes With A Side Of Acid.” I’ve always thought there was something a little… creepy… about IHOP. Perhaps I have subsconscious memories of hearing this commercial in utero.