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Making Good Movies Weirder: From AIP to A24

Chris Walker — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:40:00 +0000

A24 is an indie film studio/distributor that has gained a huge following in recent years. Hip young movie buffs have come to see the A24 logo as the mark of something worth seeing. The company has carefully built its catalog to be, well, weird. They pick lower budget projects, ranging from sci-fi comedies to graphic…

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What Makes an Animation Cel A Good Investment?

Chris Walker — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:18:19 +0000

Collectibles are increasingly popular as a vehicle for investment. It’s not hard to see why: not only do you get an asset that accumulates in value, but you also get something that’s a great display piece too! Really, it’s an outgrowth of the centuries old passion of collecting art. The collecting of animation cels is…

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3 Things You Don’t Know About The Martial Arts Craze

Chris Walker — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:45:12 +0000

Hey there, B2P Nation! Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank opens in theaters this weekend and it has got us thinking about martial arts movies. Hitting their heyday in the early 70s, they launched the “kung fu craze” in America and changed our popular culture in some big ways. What ways? Keep reading! 1)…

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Four Reasons Stan Winston Is A Legend

Chris Walker — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:41:10 +0000

The Fourth of July weekend is soon upon us! Summer movie season is in full swing, with special effects extravaganzas dominating at the box office as per usual. So today, inspired by a toy collection that recently came through our doors, we’re paying homage to a man who helped define the look of the modern…

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Scripting Errors: Batman vs. Superman: Asylum

Chris Walker — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:00:53 +0000

Welcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of Justice League’s impending release, we’re looking back to the earliest attempt to really bring DC’s icons together on the big screen – Batman vs. Superman: Asylum! Who Wrote It and When? The story was initially written by Andrew…

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Advance Spoiler-Free Review of Big Hero 6

C. Scott Lovejoy — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:48:48 +0000

Contributed by Chris Walker. Thanks to a friend of mine, I (your friendly neighborhood social media lackey) was able to get into a preview screening of Disney’s Big Hero 6, loosely based on the Marvel comic of the same name. The story follows boy genius Hiro Hamada and robotics prototype Baymax as they try to…

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Every Day Is Halloween

Jim Johnson — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:00:10 +0000

I Will Tell You #98: Every Day is Halloween It was a dark time, kids. There was an era in history known as The Dark Ages. In the days before comic fans ever dared dream that not one, but several superhero movies would make it to the big screen; and that these films would not…

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Fall of the House of Usher (1960)

C. Scott Lovejoy — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:00:19 +0000

Fall of the House of Usher (nitpick – the title sequence is actually simply “House of Usher”, but every reference we’ve ever seen to the film, including the DVD box includes the “Fall of”.) is a great movie, so let’s just get that out of the way up front. It’s a fine balance of the…

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Join in and Watch It with Mike and Scott!

C. Scott Lovejoy — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:00:24 +0000

There’s been a tradition going on for quite a while at Back to the Past. Monday mornings, Mike and I will get together and discuss movies we’ve seen, sometimes in great depth, sometimes just in passing. We realized, before too long, that it would be more fun for us to do something a little more…

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I WILL TELL YOU #68: Merry Pop Culture Christmas!

Jim Johnson — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:00:14 +0000

I WILL TELL YOU #68: Merry Pop Culture Christmas! But first, just a normal but jolly Merry Christmas, one and all! There’s no place I’d rather be! Now, lest you think this is some kind of misguided attempt to relive my childhood and be up and wide awake at 7AM on Christmas morning, I will…

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