Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
On September 19, 2014, IFC.com posted 10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Sylvester Stallone by Andy Hunsaker. (Sadly, this link no longer works so instead I give you 11 Surprising Facts About Sylvester Stallone. – Craig, 2021)
Alfred Hitchcock was the first director I knew by name. I loved Hitchcock’s movies and still do.
Probably most of you do as well. If so, you’ll get a kick out of Alfred Hitchock’s 8 Most Shocking Thrillers from Do You Remember. (Sadly, this link is now dead, so instead I present the 10 Most Suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock Scenes, Ranked. – Craig, 2021)
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly and Dolly Parton from Rhinestone with him! This is one of my recent favorites!
Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions. My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played. We’re well on our way!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Uproxx recently posted 12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Platoon.
Here are a few tidbits…
It’s a pretty safe bet that none of us ever saw Harry Houdini perform his famous Water Torture Cell live.
Now through the er, magic of the internet we can hear a live recording made October 29, 1914 of Harry Houdini offering his famous $1,000 Challenge to anyone who can prove that he could receive air once locked in his Water Torture Cell.
The original recordings are now in the David Copperfield Collection.
Jerry Gaylord aka The Franchize returns with his take on Sly from Get Carter. Stallone purists may say, wait, he’s got the tats of Barney Ross. Ok, then for you folks, it’s Barney Ross!
Jerry is one of my favorite sketch artists. He always gives collectors more than they’re expecting and he is just plain good!
I highly recommend Jerry to all sketch collectors. He quickly responds to e-mails, his turnaround time is fast and he packages the art to ensure it arrives safely.
To check out more of Jerry’s art, head here. – Craig
Almost everyone knows a bit about Ernest Hemingway. He was a famous writer and one that many consider the greatest writer of all time. Hemingway fought in the war, loved danger and was a “man’s man”. He committed suicide. Pretty much sums Hemingway up, right?
Maybe not.
Listverse presents 10 Incredible Facts About Ernest Hemingway that live up to the title. For example…
I’ve been a Frank Miller fan since his days on Daredevil over 30 years ago. I followed Miller as he created Ronin, Dark Night Returns, Electra, Sin City and more. In recent years Miller’s output has been sporadic at best.
I was hopeful that with Sin City: A Dame to Kill For hitting cineplexes around the world that we might see more of Frank Miller’s Sin City yarns.
Since reading Sean Howe’s profile of Miller for Wired: After His Public Downfall, Frank Miller is Back (and Not Sorry), and seeing the accompanying photos [not the one above, it is probably five or six years old] of Frank Miller, I am still hopeful for more comic work from him, but even more importantly I hope that Frank Miller is physically okay.
I was following Neil DeGrasse Tyson Twitter feed long before I ever read Buzzfeed’s 13 Reasons Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is The Funniest Scientist On Twitter.
Am I alone here?
Alex Pappademas created an excellent examination of Frank Miller’s career thus far in a piece titled Frank Miller’s Dark Night.
Source: Grantland.
The Blob starring Steven [Steven!] McQueen is another one of those 1950’s scifi/horror movies that doesn’t get enough props.
Maybe it would get more respect if folks knew The Blob was based on a true story!
Source: io9.com.
If you have any interest in Elvis Presley, you will probably want to check out Do You Remember’s Behind the Scenes on the Night Elvis Presley Died. (Sadly, the link no longer works, but below we have a news report the night Elvis died. – Craig, 2021)
I was 18 years old and on vacation in Tennessee. It was like a king had died.
Buzzfeed presents 66 Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Beatles.
My guess is you’ll know many but not all.
Morgan T. Rhys edited every Alfred Hitchcok cameo into a single five minute video that’s a lot of fun.
Source: Sploid.
