July 17th, 2009
Here’s a quiz for all you science fiction slash action slash horror movie fans: This promotional poster for the Crazy 4 Cult Show by artist Tim Doyle contains about 40 weapons from various films. How many can you name?
 
At first glance, I spot Rick Deckard’s pistol from BLADE RUNNER, Rocky’s boxing glove, that spinner thing from KRULL, the backpack from GHOSTBUSTERS, the owl from CLASH OF THE TITANS, the gun from ALIENS, a chainsaw from (I’m guessing) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Han Solo’s pistol, a STAR TREK phaser, Jason’s hockey mask (is that really a weapon?), Batman’s wire gun, Jesse Ventura’s helicopter gun from PREDATOR, a light sabre, Anton Chigurh’s airgun Anton from NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the pistol from ROBOCOP and the ring from LORD OF THE YOU KNOW WHAT.
How about you? There’s a bigger image — and a contest to enter — here.
July 17th, 2009
Here’s something fun from Slashfilm.com – a subway-style map charting “The 250 Best Movies of All Time”…
 
Shown above is the junction where Gangster (light blue), Mystery/Crime (black) Sci-Fi (green) and World/Adventure (olive) meet.
Click here to see a big version of the entire map. Thankfully, you can zoom in to make it even bigger.
July 17th, 2009
With all the focus — justifiably so — on Monday’s 40th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, it’s easy to forget other noteworthy anniversaries. For example, this noteworthy movie landmark from 96 years ago. From History.com…
JULY 17, 1913: Film audiences are introduced to the pie-in-the-face routine, recorded in the silent film A Noise from the Deep. Mabel Normand hit Fatty Arbuckle in the face with a pie.
Here’s a brief film about Normand, who was a huge star of silent comedy but is almost completely forgotten today. That groundbreaking pie is mentioned, but it’s not the one shown in this film.
