Thursday, December 31, 2020

5 Remarkable Films You Might Have Missed In 2020

5 Remarkable Films You Might Have Missed In 2020: From an inspirational drama dealing with loss, to an action thriller set in a bombed-out city in Iraq, here are five films from 2020 worth seeking out.

Monday, December 28, 2020

Monday, December 14, 2020

Monday, November 2, 2020

Sean Connery's Masculinity Was In A League All Its Own

Sean Connery's Masculinity Was In A League All Its Own: When John Wayne died, an obit writer said he thought Wayne was too tough to die. The same could be said of Connery, a cool and indestructible man.

Sunday, November 1, 2020

RIP: The excellent movie Sean Connery's less known for

RIP: The excellent movie Sean Connery's less known for: We learned that Sean Connery passed away.  He had turned 90 in August.  This is from the BBC obituary: Thomas Sean Connery was born in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh on 25 August 1930, the son of a Catholic fa...

Monday, October 12, 2020

Dean Cain On Why Hollywood Won't Touch Stories Like 'Obamagate'

Dean Cain On Why Hollywood Won't Touch Stories Like 'Obamagate': 'We didn't make anything up. There's nothing fictionalized,' said actor Dean Cain who plays FBI agent Peter Strzok in 'Obamagate' the movie.

Blue Checkmarks Are Hurling Insanely Racist Remarks At Gal Gadot

Blue Checkmarks Are Hurling Insanely Racist Remarks At Gal Gadot: Blue checkmarks are targeting Gadot for everything from being Israeli to 'too pretty.' But Gadot has more in common with Cleopatra than the average starlet.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Sex May Be Gone From Cinemas Awhile, And That Might Be A Good Thing

Sex May Be Gone From Cinemas Awhile, And That Might Be A Good Thing: As film crews take COVID precautions to ensure the safety of their actors, sex scenes may hearken back to the era of Old Hollywood and the art of suggestion.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A little too close to reality ...


Who knew this 1981 John Carpenter sci-fi thriller would end up a preview of 2020 reality when New York City would be turned into a hellhole by Democratic politicians? Where is "Snake" Plissken when you need him?

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Under the new rules, Elmer Fudd is a dud

Under the new rules, Elmer Fudd is a dudWarner Brothers is the movie studio that has released such delicate, sensitive movies as JokerRampage, the Batman franchise, the Matrix franchise, and the Terminator franchise, all of which had a lot of gunplay.  HBO, when it isn't selling sex, sells violence or, in the case of Game of Thrones, sex and violence.  Still, these two corporations are taking a stand: henceforth, the iconic Elmer Fudd will be disarmed.

Dirty Harry - Best Quotes, Lines (Clint Eastwood)

Sunday, May 24, 2020

10 Faith-Conscious Films On Disney Plus — And 5 Still In The Vault

10 Faith-Conscious Films On Disney Plus — And 5 Still In The Vault: Particularly since the dawn of the 20th century, Judeo-Christian imagery has stirred the American mind, as reflected in these 10 films on Disney Plus.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

New Movie Podcast Series: Michael Mann's 'Heat' Turns 25

New Movie Podcast Series: Michael Mann's 'Heat' Turns 25: Ben Domenech hosts a new mini-series within 'The Federalist Radio Hour' which discusses and analyzes the Federalist Staff's all-time favorite movies.

Monday, February 17, 2020

James Phyrillas featured in The Temple News


Look who was profiled in a recent issue of The Temple News, the student newspaper at Temple University in Philadelphia. James Phyrillas, a senior economics major at Temple University, started a YouTube channel with his best friend in high school. James has produced original content on the site during his four years at Temple and the channel, Schaffrillas Productions, now has over 630,000 subscribers, with several videos receiving more than 1 million views. You can read the article in The Temple News online at this link: https://temple-news.com/youtubers-bond-with-students-over-review-videos/

Saturday, February 8, 2020

20 Inspiring And Intriguing Films To Look Forward To In 2020

20 Inspiring And Intriguing Films To Look Forward To In 2020: It’s getting harder to find anything beyond sequels and franchise action films in theaters. Watch for these 20 under-the-radar releases in 2020.

Monday, January 20, 2020

Our Very Own James Phyrillas Makes It Big On YouTube


That's James Phyrillas on the cover of the Business Weekly section of the Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, edition of the Reading Eagle newspaper. The cover story details how a couple of friends at a small Berks County high school started a YouTube channel to post videos they made at school - just for the fun of it. The site, Schaffrillas Productions, has taken off in the past year, with more than 622,000 subscribers and millions of views on dozens of recent videos. Pick up a copy of Tuesday's newspaper and find out how you, too, can become a YouTube star. The article even explains where the name "Schaffrillas Productions" came from. (Spoiler Alert: Chris Schaffer and James Phyrillas are the two Antietam Middle-Senior High School pals who launched the site.) In case you missed it, here's the link to check out the article about James Phyrillas and his growing notoriety on YouTube: https://www.readingeagle.com/business-weekly/irreverent-videos-help-berks-native-surpass-youtube-subscribers/article_6d1b39bc-33e9-11ea-860f-1f8fcdf6608f.html