Archive for October, 2017

The Best Picture Winners: On the Waterfront (1954)

The Best Picture Winners: On the Waterfront (1954)

Happy Halloween! So, Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. There has rarely ever been one artistic statement that divides […]

| October 31, 2017
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The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #15: The Shining (1980)

The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #15: The Shining (1980)

For our last episode in Shock-tober, Doug and Jerry take a trip to the Overlook Hotel and try to get to the bottom of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Forever . . . and ever . . . and ever . . . and ever . . .

| October 30, 2017
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The Best Picture Winners: From Here to Eternity (1953)

The Best Picture Winners: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. Hot off the success of the crowd-pleasing High Noon in […]

| October 29, 2017
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The Best Picture Winners: The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)

The Best Picture Winners: The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)

Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. When I think of Cecil B. DeMille, I think of […]

| October 27, 2017
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The Best Picture Winners: An American in Paris (1951)

The Best Picture Winners: An American in Paris (1951)

Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, every other day from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. Musicals are no strangers to The Academy Awards, but in […]

| October 25, 2017
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The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #14: Psycho (1960)

The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #14: Psycho (1960)

Week #4 of our Shock-tober month takes Doug and Jerry to the Bates Motel, with 12 cabins and 12 vacancies.  Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ is the topic and murder is on our minds. Conversation begins after trailer @ 6:30.

| October 23, 2017
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The Best Picture Winners: All About Eve (1950)

The Best Picture Winners: All About Eve (1950)

Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. The crushing inevitability of being an aging actress was something that Bette Davis […]

| October 23, 2017
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The Best Picture Winners: All the King’s Men (1949)

The Best Picture Winners: All the King’s Men (1949)

Oscar’s 90th birthday is just around the corner and to celebrate, from now through March 4th, I will be taking a look at each and every film selected for his top award – the good, the bad and the sometimes not-so deserving. If you take the long and winding journey of the films that have […]

| October 21, 2017
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