Three weekly columns focusing on the world of film http://www.matchflick.com/columns/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:15:01 -0400 Box office Summer reaches a fever pitch over the July 4 Holiday Weekend, and industry expectations for stratospheric grosses are high as a flag on the Fourth of July.During this most American of all... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1720 As a child I remember the first black and white film that I ever watched by choice. It was late on a Saturday night and back then the USA Network had Elvira hosting what they called the "Up all... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1718 George Carlin opened his last HBO special by complaining that he didn't like being told whom to admire in this country. If I'd ever had the chance to tell him how much I admire him, he probably... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1721 No, this is not an in depth article about the 1938 movie with Hepburn and Grant. I am actually raising a fifteen month baby and trying to keep my five movies a week habit. I've been jonesing to see a... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1715 Greetings super heroes, Stan Lee here ....wait a minute here. This is Alpha Craig coming at you with another Moving Pictures column, not the creator of some of the most famous comic book heroes today... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1716 What a strange time it is to be a celebrity. Never before in celebrityland has there been so many ways to be scrutinized, stalked and squashed (sometimes literally) by reporters and the like. Now... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1707 INDIANA JONES returned to movie screens over the weekend to one of the largest hauls in movie history, and becoming potentially the biggest blockbuster of the year. It is only natural that after a... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1708 I'm trying to get up the nerve to go see GET SMART. To do that I'll have to get over my fear of comedy. Recently, I went to go see DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN. My date and I sat in the half-filled... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1719 After seeing the cinematic atrocity that was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I need to mouth off about George Lucas, the biggest hack in the movie business there is. I am sure I... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1717 In any argument there exists two ends of the available spectrum. On either end of the spectrum resides two extreme points of view. With regards to films, those of the past and those contemporary, the... http://www.matchflick.com/column/1713