Quote of the Day for 2016-06-23

"One does not attend this movie; one enlists in it."

— Murray Kempton (1917-1997) "Serpents on the Nile," a review of The Ten Commandments (1956)

Lobby card for The Ten Commandments, with Charleton Heston as Moses (1956)

Quote of the Day for 2016-01-10

"Why is it that in all the novels and motion picture plays the vampires and adventuresses have dark hair and black eyes, while the innocent, persecuted angels are all blondes—whereas in real life it is always the other way 'round."

— Helen Rowland (1875-1950) "Blondes," A Guide to Men

Mary Pickford as Tessibel Skinner and Jean Hersholt as Ben Letts in Tess of the Storm Country (1922)

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-07

"All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish."

— Clive James (1939-    ) "Postcard from L.A.," The Observer, June 10, 1979

Impressive pyrotechnics from the movie Bedazzled (2000)