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We used to talk to each other and play outside...then we got a VCR and decided not to talk to each other and watch #MOVIES.  It was a great life and I share it with you now.  Learn the "ins" and "outs" of my viewing experience and take a nostalgic trip with me about my family, friends, and that crazy analog video projector that introduced me to so many different worlds...

The highest-rated network program during its first three seasons, comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC, 1968–1973) remains an often overlooked and underrated innovator of American television history. Audiences of all kinds—old and young, square and hip, black and white, straight...

Born out of the cultural flamboyance and anxiety of the 1980s, They Live (1988) is a hallmark of John Carpenter's singular canon, combining the aesthetics of multiple genres and leveling an attack against the politics of Reaganism and the Cold War. The decision to cast the professional wrestler "Rowdy"...

RoboCop was Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's first American film, and was both a commercial and (surprise) critical hit on release in 1987. Marking its thirtieth anniversary, this volume explores the film from a variety of critical approaches, including re-reading RoboCop as a Western; the neo-fascist...

The U.S. Constitution is often depicted in popular films, teaching lessons about what this founding document means and what it requires. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington educates how a bill becomes a law. 12 Angry Men informs us about the rights of the accused. Selma explores the importance of civil rights,...

Don Matteo è una serie televisiva1 italiana trasmessa da Rai 1 a partire dal 7 gennaio 2000. È prodotta dalla Lux Vide di Matilde e Luca Bernabei in collaborazione con Rai Fiction. La serie nasce sul finire degli anni novanta da un’idea del regista cinematografico Enrico Oldoini, ed è prodotta...

"Never Mock God: An Unauthorized Investigation into Paranormal State's 'I Am Six' Case" examines a paranormal reality TV show from all angles. Paranormal State's "I Am Six" episode is a perfect American horror tale -- for all the wrong reasons. It stars the ambitious...

The lowdown on the critically acclaimed, gritty teen show    A is for awards—this hit teen drama has won a host of media awards, including the Philips Audience Award at the BAFTAs. B is for Bristol—Skins is filmed almost entirely around Bristol and the location gives the show...

An unofficial guide to EMPIRE, the runaway hit of the 2014-15 television season. Empire is the breakout, network television hit of 2015—from its opening night, viewers were riveted by the story of record company magnate Lucious Lyon and his family, and the struggle for control over Empire...

A mini encyclopedia of "killer bug" movies. From the 1950s radiation terrors of Them! to the modern humor-filled Big Ass Spider!

Bob Chinn and porn star John Holmes jointly created the legendary XXX character Johnny Wadd in a series of popular adult movies in the 1970s, as referenced in Hollywood's tribute, Boogie Nights. Three decades later, Chinn adapted the second film in the series, Flesh of the Lotus, to a novel: Johnny...

A Filmography of Cartomancy and Tarot 1940–1979 (50 films, numerous colour illus. and spread diagrams, indexes) is a catalog of such classics as The Wolf Man (1941), Nightmare Alley (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors...

Comic Book Movies explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman’s Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we...

In this first and only guide to AMC’s exceptional hit series The Walking Dead, the Wall Street Journal’s Walking Dead columnist celebrates the show, its storylines, characters, and development, and examines its popularity and cultural resonance. From its first episode, The Walking Dead...