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Well, ladies and gentlemen, we’ve arrived at 1947 in our ongoing series here, and the Hollywood cartoon is still in peak form. Studios like...
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, we’ve arrived at 1947 in our ongoing series here, and the Hollywood cartoon is still in peak form. Studios like...
Here’s the bottom line: if you’re not playing some of the boardgames that are part of the current table top gaming renaissance, then you...
Long lines, abnormally high prices, other people… On the right day, a favorite theme park can resemble one of Dante’s circles of hell. Which...
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day! For those of you who have never heard of it (and for some reason are reading a site...
After living through the Ice Age this past winter and a series of cold Spring days in which my overworked heater had to kick...
Who could be blamed for imitating King Kong? Besides being a pioneering production and a landmark in special effects, it remains one of the...
When writing lists like these, one of the biggest struggles is figuring out how much variety should factor into your decision-making. You want to...
We’ve made it to 1945 in our little series here, and although we’ve reached the end of World War II, the vigorous style of...
By Mark Wensel I’m going to take a break from my usual Double Features to tell you what I saw at South By Southwest...
Here we are in 1944, still in the midst of World War II, and Hollywood animation is in peak form. This is as good...
We’ve now reached 1943, kind readers, one of the strongest years in animation history. In fact, you could probably make a good argument for...
From all-mechanical contraptions like the droids of Star Wars and Wall-E to the cybernetic entities in classics such as RoboCop and Terminator, robots have...
Robots (or “iron men” or “mechanical men”) occupy one of the most important positions in science fiction film history. Some great classic robots appeared...
Of course you know, this means war! Yes, 1942 launches us into the war years for American animation, and each and every studio did...
This week marks both the 30th anniversary of the original theatrical release of THE BREAKFAST CLUB and what would have been writer/director JOHN HUGHES‘...
Well, kind readers, we’re entering into 1941 now, and there was a lot brewing behind the scenes in the animation community at this time....
Well, folks, we’ve finally reached the 1940s, almost inarguably the greatest decade in animation history. And 1940 itself may be the greatest year ever...
Man, 2014 was a looooooooong year. I, for one, am glad it’s over. But maybe that’s just me. There were, however, a lot of...
Oh, ’70s TV: An odd combination of rising stars, flash-in-the-pan faces we never saw again and an endless parade of faded celebrities from the...
Attempts to contact the spirit world are nothing new – you can trace them back to ancient times – but the idea of a...
1939 is often considered the greatest year in motion picture history, due to the release of seminal films like Gone with the Wind, The...
The start of another new year marks another series of movies celebrating their silver anniversary. There are some doozies in this bunch from 1990...
Surprisingly, many critics are “meh” on the movie, but only Sir Ridley Scott could direct a one-hundred-forty million dollar project like Exodus: Gods and...
We’re already up to 1938 in our top ten series here, and there is once again a cornucopia of great cartoons to choose from....