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The Road to Skywalker Ranch: Remembering “Fanboys” on its 10th Anniversary
“Fanboys is significant in that it shows how fandoms can argue without completely going toxic.” — Bill Watters, BleedingCool.com The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to...
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Fantasmagorical: Remembering “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” on its 50th Anniversary
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang should be fondly remembered as the bastard child of Mary Poppins and James Bond.” — John Cork, co-author of James Bond Encyclopedia The Digital Bits and History, Legacy &...
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Jacking In: Remembering “The Matrix” on its 20th Anniversary
“The Matrix managed to outdo Star Wars in terms of truly reshaping the zeitgeist mere months before George Lucas’ first prequel was supposed to roar into theaters and show everyone how big budget...
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Every Retrospective Has a Beginning: Remembering “The Phantom Menace” on its...
“The Phantom Menace is the film that caused a generation gap in Star Wars fandom.” — W.R. Miller, author of The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook: Volume One 1971 to 1976 The Digital Bits and History,...
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Still Screaming in Space: Remembering “Alien” on its 40th Anniversary
“Alien (like other 1970s films such as Jaws, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Godfather, and Star Wars) was a seminal landmark in the upgrade of shopworn B-movie clichés — monsters,...
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Taking Us Around the World: Remembering “Moonraker” on its 40th Anniversary
“I remember thinking as Bond tumbled out of the airplane that this was going to be the greatest film ever. And then, moments later, Jaws flapped his arms falling toward a circus tent. I felt my own...
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Dalton’s (Premature?) Swan Song: Remembering “Licence to Kill” on its 30th...
“With his wealth of dramatic stage experience, Timothy Dalton seemed ideally suited to this harsher take on Bond, bringing both depth and sensitivity to the character while creditably articulating his...
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Remembering “The Brady Bunch” on its 50th Anniversary
“The Brady Bunch is ’comfort TV’ to the highest degree.” — Classic TV historian Herbie J Pilato The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective...
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The Musical Goldmine of ’69: Remembering “Paint Your Wagon” on its 50th...
“Paint Your Wagon is remembered as a standalone oddity in the careers of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood.” — Matthew Kennedy, author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s The Digital Bits...
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Witness If You Will... A Retrospective: Remembering “The Twilight Zone” on...
“The Twilight Zone was an enormously creative television series anchored by one of the true giants of the medium, Mr. Rod Serling, a master storyteller who was given unprecedented control over his...
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Deep Dive: Remembering “The Abyss” on its 30th Anniversary
“The Abyss does something that every single Cameron film does: explores new frontiers in the technology of film making. And that’s important.” — Matthew Kapell, editor of The Films of James Cameron:...
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Deck the Halls with the Griswolds: Remembering “Christmas Vacation” on its...
“Christmas Vacation is a perfect blend of festive nostalgia and domestic anarchy.” — Thomas A. Christie, author of A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas The Digital Bits and History, Legacy &...
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Hellzapoppin’: Remembering “1941” on its 40th Anniversary
“Any legitimate study of Spielberg’s career has to include 1941.” — film music historian Mike Matessino The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective...
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Sci-Fi Disney Style: Remembering “The Black Hole” on its 40th Anniversary
“If you have never seen it, don’t expect Star Wars. Watch it for being an ambitious Disney answer to Star Wars. Watch it from the perspective of it signaling a change at Disney at that time. Watch it...
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Musical Matchmaker: Remembering “Hello, Dolly!” on its 50th Anniversary
“Hello, Dolly! is a well-dressed dinosaur.” — Matthew Kennedy, author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present...
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No Comparison: Remembering “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” on its 40th...
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture wasn’t a perfect film, but it had a plethora of nearly perfect moments.” — Inglorious Treksperts co-host Mark A. Altman The Digital Bits and History, Legacy &...
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Four-Star General, Four-Star Movie: Remembering “Patton” on its 50th Anniversary
“Patton is the best epic bio pic ever produced.” — Steven Jay Rubin, author of Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010 The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present...
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TWINE: Remembering “The World Is Not Enough” on its 20th Anniversary
“The World Is Not Enough is the first and only Bond film to feature a woman as the arch-villain. For this reason, it is worthy of recognition” — Lisa Funnell, co-author of The Geographies, Genders, and...
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Defection or World War III?: Remembering “The Hunt for Red October” on its...
“The Hunt for Red October had a big problem in that the Cold War kind of… ended while they were in post-production. So The Hunt for Red October should have been dated before it even opened — which...
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Bottom of the Barrel: Remembering “The Man with the Golden Gun” on its 45th...
“It’s the worst Bond movie ever made.” — Lee Pfeiffer, co-author of The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to...
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Betting the Ranch: Remembering “The Empire Strikes Back” on its 40th Anniversary
“The Empire Strikes Back should be remembered as one of the greatest films of all time!” — Skywalking through Neverland co-host Richard Woloski The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship...
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When the Master of Suspense Became the Master of Horror: Remembering “Psycho”...
“Psycho should be remembered as the gold standard of psychological horror thrillers because it respects the audience by paying as much attention to delivering memorable, relatable characters, smart...
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Failure Was Not an Option: Remembering “Apollo 13” on its 25th Anniversary
“It’s heartening to remember now, at a moment of sharp political divisions, how the whole world seemed to hold its collective breath when the three American astronauts were in mortal danger.” — Beverly...
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Spunk: Remembering “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” on its 50th Anniversary
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show opened the floodgates for the kind of grown-up TV comedies that would thrive in the 1970s, and beyond. Although Mary’s show had little in common with M*A*S*H, All in the...
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Yabba Dabba Doo!: Remembering “The Flintstones” on its 60th Anniversary
“The Flintstones was the first animated sitcom in television history. They paved that gravel road and it’s been smooth traveling ever since.” — Steve Cox, author of Mining Bedrock: The Voices Behind...
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