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Collectors Guide To Lightsabers

Oct.27, 2008 in Movie Swords Guides Comments Off

Perhaps the most famous prop weapon in the history of movies is the lightsaber, used by both the brave Jedi Knights and the evil Sith Lords, in George Lucas’s Star Wars film series. This iconic movie weapon is one of the most coveted movie memorabilia, and not surprisingly, the originals props used in the movies [...]

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Lord Of The Rings Replica Swords

Oct.05, 2008 in Movie Swords Guides Comments Off

The Lord Of The Ring movies, directed by Peter Jackson, shot mostly on location in his native New Zealand, have become instant classics, their critical and financial success making sword & sorcery movies acceptable again in Hollywood. The films dedication to practical authenticity when it came to swords and armour, coupled with Oscar winning production [...]

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    • 'The Hole' Clip Proves Joe Dante Still Brings The Scary
      FINALLY! Joe Dante's horror film "The Hole" has been in the can for awhile now. It played last year at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the fest's very first 3-D award. For whatever reason, it hasn't yet surfaced in the states. I don't get it. Dante, who gave the world both "Gremlins" movies [...]
    • Telluride Blog: The Problem With Reviewing Films at a Film Festival
      I havent seen a lot of films since getting to Telluride, but I've been seeing some of the important ones -- which has really paid off. We arrived in Colorado on Thursday night. Friday was the premiere of Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, Saturday afternoon was the surprise premiere of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, and Sunday was the surprise screening of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. If you haven't read my reviews of these great films, I recommend you do as they are some of the best films I've experienced this year (so far). photo by: Curtis Walker The Problem With Reviewing Films at a Film Festival A movie critic usually gets some time to process his thoughts after seeing a movie screening. In local markets, movie screenings usually happen a couple days to a week before the release of a movie. In Hollywood, this can be upwards of a month to a ...
    • Glenn Shadix R.I.P., 1952-2010
      Sad news for you today, movie fans. Glenn Shadix passed away after he fell and struck his head in his Birmingham, AL home yesterday. The 58-year-old actor worked primarily in theater through the '70s and '80s. Tim Burton attended one performance in particular and took a liking to Shadix, going on to cast him in [...]
    • VOTD: Dancing at the Movies
      Media Solutions has created a compilation video combining a collection of dance clips from almost 40 movies "from dance movies to comedies, from Fred Astaire to Micheal Jackson." Hit the jump to watch it now.
    • Warwick Davis Squeezes Some Dude's Head For Ricky Gervais In Today's Daily TwitPic
      To be fair, "some dude" is actually Karl Pilkington, star of the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant-produced UK TV series, "An Idiot Abroad." I haven't seen the show, but the premise apparently involves sending Pilkington on a globe-spanning adventure designed to take him "out of his comfort zone." None of that has anything to do with today's Daily [...]