Feb. 8, 2010
FLASHBACK MONDAY: Orson, Hitchcock in Lineup
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The Cinema Theatre’s time machine has been working on overdrive to pull in the next set of modern classic and classic films for its Flashback Monday series. Shown Monday evenings (usually 4 & 7 p.m.), the first series found many, many fans of Ghost Busting still on the prowl as well as for black/white golden age classics.
The new series which begins Monday February 8 with Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest,” mixes Golden Agers (“Gone With the Wind,” “Citizen Kane”), modern classics (“The Godfather,” “2001: A Space Odyssey”) and a taste of semi-recent cult styled favorites (“Lost Boys,” “Shining”).
One thing these choices have in common --- the stars flow after the titles. Be it a title, actor, actress, or director, you think, ICON. Most of this series, too, has a good proportion of so-called “epics,” which will be refreshing and truly retro to see them how they were meant to be seen, at the time of their original releases.
Let’s preview the schedule:
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Monday, Feb. 8); An advertising exec played by Cary Grant finds himself suspected of spying, To escape, he boards a train headed west, which leads to even greater issues. Contains famous bi-plane crop dusting scene and one at Mount Rushmore.
GHOSTBUSTERS II (Feb. 15): The busters return to business in NYC when a resurgence of spectral activity combines with a river of ectoplasm.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Feb. 22) : Stanley Kubrick’s visual and provocative space travel classic that has its share of interpretations, except we do know that the Hal 9000 computer is a villain.
ET (March 1) : When a young alien is left behind on planet Earth, authorities want to experiment on him and children race to return the extra terrestrial to his family.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (March 8) : Audrey Hepburn portrays Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric gold digger in this 1961 film that features George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, and Mickey Rooney. Blake (‘Pink Panther”) Edwards directed loosely based on a Truman Capote novel.
LOST BOYS (March 15) : Almost 20 years before “Twilight” popularized teen vampires interacting with humans, this flick (a horror/comedy) follows two Arizonians who find teen vampires upon their move to California. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Kiefer Sutherland, and co-stars Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.
GOOD THE BAD AND UGLY (March 22) : Sergio Leone introduced spaghetti westerns to the U.S. in this 1966 Italian epic that featured Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. This is the third film in the “Dollars” trilogy (“A Firstful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More”) . Story follows three gunslingers competing for a fortune in Confederate gold.
BREAKFAST CLUB (March 29): John Hughes assembled an ensemble teen cast for this icon of his generation of teens. Molly (“Pretty in Pink”) Ringwald featured as the average, nerdish gal coping with acceptance and clichés. But, this is an “all star” Hughes teen cast: Emilo Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy. The them… five different school stereotypes --- a jock, princess, misfit, nerd and lout --- meet in a Saturday morning weekend detention class. Wait until the principal leaves the room.
GONE WITH THE WIND (April 4-5): Frankly, you do give a damn, especially if you want to see the majesty of the Civil War classic the way it was meant to be seen --- on the giant screen. Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh star in the timeless classic which before DVD/VHS, used to make the rounds every few years as a “revival” at mainstream theatres.
GODFATHER: (April 12) : Francis Ford Coppola’s intricate, vivid and bloody step into the family values of the mob (i.e. Mafia). Documents hot the Mafia shifted from bootlegging to more legitimate activities, including casino gambling. Contains the disgusting horse-head scene.
CITIZEN KANE (April 19) : Orson Wells divulges the life of an American media magnate (actually William Randolph Hearst) told in flashback through the research of a newspaper reporter trying to solve a mystery. Well respected film critics have called it the greatest movie of all time. Signature phrase: “Rosebud.”
THE SHINING (April 26): Jack Nicholson stars in this Stephen King psychological horror thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick. Nicholson plays a writer who “hotel sits” a facility that’s always snowed in during the winter. However, his son’s psychic abilities enable him to see the past (ghosts of those murdered) and the future (where the ghosts attempt to possess dad).
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FLASHBACK MONDAY: Orson, Hitchcock in Lineup
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The Cinema Theatre’s time machine has been working on overdrive to pull in the next set of modern classic and classic films for its Flashback Monday series. Shown Monday evenings (usually 4 & 7 p.m.), the first series found many, many fans of Ghost Busting still on the prowl as well as for black/white golden age classics.
The new series which begins Monday February 8 with Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest,” mixes Golden Agers (“Gone With the Wind,” “Citizen Kane”), modern classics (“The Godfather,” “2001: A Space Odyssey”) and a taste of semi-recent cult styled favorites (“Lost Boys,” “Shining”).
One thing these choices have in common --- the stars flow after the titles. Be it a title, actor, actress, or director, you think, ICON. Most of this series, too, has a good proportion of so-called “epics,” which will be refreshing and truly retro to see them how they were meant to be seen, at the time of their original releases.
Let’s preview the schedule:
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Monday, Feb. 8); An advertising exec played by Cary Grant finds himself suspected of spying, To escape, he boards a train headed west, which leads to even greater issues. Contains famous bi-plane crop dusting scene and one at Mount Rushmore.
GHOSTBUSTERS II (Feb. 15): The busters return to business in NYC when a resurgence of spectral activity combines with a river of ectoplasm.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Feb. 22) : Stanley Kubrick’s visual and provocative space travel classic that has its share of interpretations, except we do know that the Hal 9000 computer is a villain.
ET (March 1) : When a young alien is left behind on planet Earth, authorities want to experiment on him and children race to return the extra terrestrial to his family.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (March 8) : Audrey Hepburn portrays Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric gold digger in this 1961 film that features George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, and Mickey Rooney. Blake (‘Pink Panther”) Edwards directed loosely based on a Truman Capote novel.
LOST BOYS (March 15) : Almost 20 years before “Twilight” popularized teen vampires interacting with humans, this flick (a horror/comedy) follows two Arizonians who find teen vampires upon their move to California. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Kiefer Sutherland, and co-stars Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.
GOOD THE BAD AND UGLY (March 22) : Sergio Leone introduced spaghetti westerns to the U.S. in this 1966 Italian epic that featured Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. This is the third film in the “Dollars” trilogy (“A Firstful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More”) . Story follows three gunslingers competing for a fortune in Confederate gold.
BREAKFAST CLUB (March 29): John Hughes assembled an ensemble teen cast for this icon of his generation of teens. Molly (“Pretty in Pink”) Ringwald featured as the average, nerdish gal coping with acceptance and clichés. But, this is an “all star” Hughes teen cast: Emilo Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy. The them… five different school stereotypes --- a jock, princess, misfit, nerd and lout --- meet in a Saturday morning weekend detention class. Wait until the principal leaves the room.
GONE WITH THE WIND (April 4-5): Frankly, you do give a damn, especially if you want to see the majesty of the Civil War classic the way it was meant to be seen --- on the giant screen. Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh star in the timeless classic which before DVD/VHS, used to make the rounds every few years as a “revival” at mainstream theatres.
GODFATHER: (April 12) : Francis Ford Coppola’s intricate, vivid and bloody step into the family values of the mob (i.e. Mafia). Documents hot the Mafia shifted from bootlegging to more legitimate activities, including casino gambling. Contains the disgusting horse-head scene.
CITIZEN KANE (April 19) : Orson Wells divulges the life of an American media magnate (actually William Randolph Hearst) told in flashback through the research of a newspaper reporter trying to solve a mystery. Well respected film critics have called it the greatest movie of all time. Signature phrase: “Rosebud.”
THE SHINING (April 26): Jack Nicholson stars in this Stephen King psychological horror thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick. Nicholson plays a writer who “hotel sits” a facility that’s always snowed in during the winter. However, his son’s psychic abilities enable him to see the past (ghosts of those murdered) and the future (where the ghosts attempt to possess dad).
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