Posted in Ephemera, Featured Posts, Movies 20 Great Sci-Fi Movie Posters from the 1950s Chris Holmes posted on December 19, 2012February 3, 2013 1 Comment A gallery featuring some of the coolest vintage science fiction movie posters from the Read More
Posted in Movies Trailer Trash: Man of Steel Official Trailer #2 Chris Holmes posted on December 11, 2012June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Trailer Trash: Man of Steel Official Trailer #2 The second trailer for DC's reboot of the Superman film franchise, Man of Steel, is out. See Henry Cavill brood and Read More
Posted in Featured Posts The Evolution of Batman Chris Holmes posted on May 22, 2012February 6, 2013 4 Comments Here's a fancy, full-size infographic showing the visual evolution of Batman in comics, movies, and television from 1939 - Read More
Posted in Movies Saturday Serials: “The Electrical Brain” (Batman, 1943) Chris Holmes posted on May 5, 2012March 4, 2013 Comments Off on Saturday Serials: “The Electrical Brain” (Batman, 1943) Here's the first appearance of Batman on film - the 1943 Columbia Pictures serial Batman. This is the first chapter, "The Electrical Read More
Posted in Capsules, History Pop Culture Capsule — January 5-11, 1992 Chris Holmes posted on January 6, 2012February 19, 2022 Comments Off on Pop Culture Capsule — January 5-11, 1992 A look back at the biggest movies, songs and books for the week of January 5-11, 1992 - a time when the stench of the '80s still hung in the Read More
Posted in Featured Posts, Retrotisements Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters Chris Holmes posted on October 14, 2011January 17, 2017 Comments Off on Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters Enjoy this gallery of advertising posters, foreign and domestic, for the classic 1978 John Carpenter horror film Read More
Posted in Capsules, Featured Posts, History Pop Culture Capsule — Superman through the Years Chris Holmes posted on September 13, 2011February 19, 2022 1 Comment Since his debut in 1938, Superman has become an American icon. Here's just a sampling of how the Last Son of Krypton has appeared over the Read More
Posted in Movies Trailer Trash — Straw Dogs, Real Steel, and Happy Feet Two Chris Holmes posted on September 9, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Trailer Trash — Straw Dogs, Real Steel, and Happy Feet Two This week I offer snap judgments of Straw Dogs, Real Steel, and Happy Feet Two based solely on their theatrical Read More
Posted in History Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot Chris Holmes posted on September 8, 2011May 17, 2013 Comments Off on Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot Long before robots became a staple of pop culture, Elektro the Westinghouse Robot made his debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Here's his Read More