The All-Time Top 10 Movie Posters (one man’s opinion) – #1 JAWS, #2 CHINATOWN, #3 THE DARK KNIGHT

Over the weekend, I was pondering why the low budget, standard genre pic The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate) has become a nifty little box office hit. The film added almost $9.5M over the weekend for a new 10-day cume of $37M, and the only conclusion I have been able to reach is that it’s all about the poster.

Creepy, right? I have not seen Haunting and will probably wait for DVD or pay cable, but that is a weird, startling, attention-grabbing image. As a movie junkie, I love good movie art. The best movie posters are evocative. They capture what a movie is all about without giving away the mystery. There are certain movie posters that instantly put me back in that theatre experiencing the film for the very first time. The best movie posters are not just promotional tools. They stand as a work of art on their own. These are my favorites, buit it is by no means a definitive list. Feel free to add your favorites (and subtract any of mine).

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Tags: 2001: a space odyssey, a clockwork orange, academy award, alan ball, alfred hitchcock
Posted Apr 6th 2009 at 8:27 pm in Entertainment, Featured Story, Steve Mason's Box Office | 9912237 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/04/06/posters/The+All-Time+Top+10+Movie+Posters+%28one+man%27s+opinion%29+-+%231+JAWS%2C+%232+CHINATOWN%2C+%233+THE+DARK+KNIGHT2009-04-07+03%3A27%3A28Steve+Mason

Running With Toothbrushes

Once upon a time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.  Catchy, but wrong.  We also have all that really scary stuff to worry about.  What I find curious about fear is that so many of the things that terrify some people don’t even make other folks bat an eye.  For instance, I have a relative who served honorably in Viet Nam and doesn’t think twice about soaring around in helicopters, but turns to jelly at the mere thought of driving on a winding road. 

Whereas some people quake at the idea of going up in an airplane, others parachute out of planes just for the heck of it.  What’s more, they pay good money for the privilege. Go figure. 

Aside from listening to political speeches and watching really scary movies, the thing that invariably brings out the yellow in my complexion is finding myself in a high place — be it a mountain top, a tall building or even the back of a horse.  I’ve always said it’s probably a good thing that I’m short because if I were any taller, I’d probably get vertigo every time I stood up.  (more…)

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Tags: fear of fear itself, living in fear, vertigo
Posted Feb 13th 2009 at 6:25 am in Entertainment, Political Humor | 4917037 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/02/13/running-with-toothbrushes/Running+With+Toothbrushes2009-02-13+14%3A25%3A38Burt+Prelutsky

Top 5: You’re Right – I’m Wrong

Friday was a list of films you were wrong about. Here are five I am wrong about. As a matter of fact, I’m so sure I’m wrong in not liking them, they each sit in my DVD collection and have been viewed frequently in the hopes that a repeat viewing will finally reveal what all the fuss is about.

But, no. Not yet. Can’t stand any one of them. What am I doing wrong?

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2001: A Space Odyssey – Some compare this to watching paint dry, but that’s unfair because when paint dries SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS. (more…)

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Tags: 2001, lord of the rings, raging bull, rushmore, vertigo
Posted Jan 26th 2009 at 4:08 pm in Top 5 | 31406195 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/01/26/top-5-youre-right-im-wrong/Top+5%3A+You%27re+Right+-+I%27m+Wrong2009-01-27+00%3A08%3A57John+Nolte