“King Kong” haunted me for years; I came out of the theatre in another world. I’d never see anything like that before in my life.” -Harryhausen
In 1933 a 13 yr. old Ray Harryhausen was sitting in Grauman’s Chinese Theater; the feature presentation was King Kong. When the movie was over, Ray’s passion was ignited and eventually his pioneering work in special effects would be the standard future special effects wizards would aspire to meet or exceed.
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This afternoon, the most important thumb in the world left us.
Roger Ebert was one of the greatest film critics in history. He, along with his friend and colleague (and also rival newspaper critic) Gene Siskel built an empire centered around a love and passion for films and movies. We lost Siskel in 1999, but the duo’s influence continues to this day. Their patented “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” review system set the standard for simplified film rating scales (Hate or Great, anyone?). For many years, it was unheard of to see a well-made movie’s poster or advertisement not quote Siskel or Ebert as giving it one or two thumbs up.
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For those of you preparing to go to Con Nooga this weekend, here’s a recap of when the Slinky and AMC Mike took Lights Camera Cleveland to Indianapolis for Gen Con last summer!
Filed under Film, Movies, Nostalgia, Pop-Culture
Episode Title:
Lights Camera Cleveland: A March Podcast
Episode Date : 2-20-2013
Rob and the Slinky welcome Ashley Raburn to the show, hoping to discuss Dr. Who. After going over the Box Office Numbers and Preview Reviewing Snitch and Dark Skies, the boys do manage to light up the sonic screwdriver and select The Greatest film ever to be nominated for Best Picture and lose.
Wonders and whimsy await you on this new episode of Lights Camera Cleveland!
Episode Title:
Lights Camera Cleveland: They Can’t All Be Winners
Episode Date : 2-6-2013
From Ben Affleck to Bullet to the Head to this episode of the podcast, the Slinky and Rob do a little looking inward and come to terms with the fact that they can’t all be winners.
All this and more on this weeks episode of Lights Camera Cleveland!
Episode Title:
Lights Camera Cleveland: He Likes Us! He Really Likes Us!
Episode Date : 1-31-2013
Rob and the Slinky talk about the box office numbers before reviewing Zero Dark Thirty. They also share thoughts on Bernie, ask Five Questions about Hansel and Gretel, and they honor local celebrity screenwriter Travis Beacham with a look back on his illustrious career.
All this and more on this weeks episode of Lights Camera Cleveland!
Episode Title:
Lights Camera Cleveland: Rob: Unchained!
Episode Date : 1-10-2013
Rob and the Slinky tackle the Oscar nominations. Then they move on to some box office numbers, they Preview Review Gangster Squad and they slave over their thoughts about Django: Unchained.
Also, Rob drops the N word.
All this and more on this weeks episode of Lights Camera Cleveland!
