What to we really know about the giant prehistoric shark reincarnated by Hollywood? via The Meg: the myth, the legend (the science) — BBC News - Science & Environment
The movies are dead, according to two distinguished moviemakers
Movies remain my conduit to imagination, new worlds of wonder, opportunity, alternative universes, and the ultimate expression of human creativity. I can't imagine the future without the 'epic, big screen' cinematic experience and movies made for a communal experience. Rest in peace cinema, 1894-2016. Cause of death: Martin Scorsese said so. In an interview with …
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The original Diva – Zsa Zsa Gabor
In her most famous movie, John Huston’s 1952 Moulin Rouge, Zsa Zsa Gabor plays Jean Avril, a chanteuse who enjoys the favors of many men and the habit of lying about her age. “I have been 25 for four years,” she smilingly confides to her friend Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer), “and I shall stay there… via …
Casablanca and Allied: A ‘Date’ With the Real City Behind the Movie — TIME
World War II was still years from its conclusion when the city of Casablanca was immortalized at the intersection of love and war. The 1942 film Casablanca highlighted the Moroccan locale as a place where Allied and Axis forces lay in uneasy balance, and a place to which—and from which—European refugees hoped to escape. The… via …
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The Northern Herper 