The Cinematic World of Oz

Everyone across the globe at one time or another has seen the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. The films ranks high on almost every top-ten list, and been named…..

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March 14, 2013

Camera Q&A: John Clark on Bond, Superheroes and Haphazard Stuff

Who: John Clark is a New Jersey-based filmmaker who runs film-centric website, Haphazard Stuff. The site’s YouTube page and blip.tv channel feature his video reviews and analysis of various films…..

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March 1, 2013

Camera Kickstarter Watch: The Death of "Superman Lives"

Superman Lives was going to be the kind of superhero film that they just don’t make anymore… well, at least not since 1980’s Superman II. That film and its predecessor…..

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January 26, 2012

Fantasy Location Primer: Pulp Mythology

From 1905’s Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (L’Île de Calypso: Ulysse et le géant Polyphème), and up to 2011’s Immortals and 2012’s Wrath of the Titans, Greek mythology has long proven…..

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May 11, 2011

Fantasy Location Primer: Conan in Zingara (Spain)

“Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the…..

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September 27, 2010

Gotham City, Illinois

It was Washington Irving who pegged New York City with the alias of “Gotham” back in 1807, and modern readers of Batman comic books now know Gotham City as a…..