The Blue Max: Remembering Jerry Goldsmith & The Roadshow Engagements
“There Was No Quiet On The Western Front!” The Digital Bits presents this retrospective on The Blue Max, the World War I adventure-drama starring George Peppard, James Mason and Ursula Andress and...
View ArticleRemembering “Field of Dreams” on its 25th Anniversary
A Few Minutes With Writer-Director Phil Alden Robinson The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective article commemorating the silver anniversary of the release of Field of Dreams, the...
View ArticleFortune & Glory: Remembering “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” on its...
“This picture is not called The Temple of Roses; it is called The Temple of Doom. The warning is clearly marked on the box.” — Steven Spielberg The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective...
View ArticleStill Loving Long & Partying: Remembering “Free Enterprise” on its 15th...
“Get a Life!” exclaimed William Shatner to a legion of Star Trek fans in a classic 1986 Saturday Night Live skit. Among those who did indeed get a life were Mark A. Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett. The...
View ArticleThey Came, They Saw, They Kicked Its Ass: Remembering “Ghostbusters” on its...
“Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No job is too big. No fee is too big.” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 30th anniversary of the release of...
View ArticleWings of Change: Remembering Tim Burton’s “Batman” on its 25th Anniversary
“It has the personality not of a particular movie but of a product, of something arrived at by corporate decision.” — Vincent Canby, The New York Times Blockbuster. Juggernaut. Game Changer. The event,...
View ArticleStill Loving the Smell of Napalm in the Morning: Remembering “Apocalypse Now”...
“The first time, it will dazzle your senses. The second time, you’ll see it for the first time.” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 35th anniversary of the...
View ArticleSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Remembering “Mary Poppins” on its 50th...
“The most wonderful, the most delightful entertainment of your life!” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this TWO PAGE retrospective column commemorating the golden anniversary of the release of...
View ArticleStill Casting a Spell: Remembering “Bewitched” on its 50th Anniversary
“Sam!” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the golden anniversary of the premiere of Bewitched, the magical supernatural situation comedy starring Elizabeth...
View ArticleThe Midas Touch: Remembering “Goldfinger” on its 50th Anniversary
“Only Sean Connery in 1964 could pull off wearing a baby-blue terrycloth onesie and still make every woman in the audience breathe a little more deeply and every man want to be him.” — John Cork The...
View ArticleRemembering “Pulp Fiction” on its 20th Anniversary
“Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 20th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, one of the most...
View ArticleRemembering “The Terminator” on its 30th Anniversary
“I’ll be back!” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 30th anniversary of The Terminator, James Cameron’s science fiction classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,...
View ArticleKeeping Showmanship Alive: Interstellar
“Go Further” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this handy, quick-reference guide to the theaters in the United States and Canada that are screening large-format film prints of Christopher Nolan’s...
View ArticleRemembering Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” on its 25th Anniversary
“Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the silver anniversary of the release of The...
View ArticleX Marks the Spot: Remembering “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” on its...
“There was no way for Spielberg to top himself, and perhaps it is just as well that Last Crusade will indeed be Indy's last film. It would be too sad to see the series grow old and thin, like the James...
View ArticleReturn to Tomorrow: Remembering “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” on its 35th...
“The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning.” The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the first...
View ArticleAll the Time in the World: Remembering “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” on...
“[T]he lasting impact of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is that it showed that a James Bond film could be made without Sean Connery in the lead role. The producers maintained that audiences came to...
View ArticleThe Treksperts Speak: Celebrating “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” on its 35th...
“Star Trek: The Motion Picture provided a unique experience, leaving some audience members, myself included, elated at the prospect, “The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning.” — Robert Meyer Burnett “I...
View ArticleThe Sound of Money: Celebrating “The Sound of Music” on its 50th Anniversary
“I knew we had a good picture, but I had no idea that it would become such a staggering hit.” — producer-director Robert Wise “Considering the degree to which most people pride themselves being...
View ArticleRevisiting ‘1941’: Spielberg’s WWII Comedy Spectacular Turns Thirty-five
“[Spielberg] has said he felt invincible at the time, so what you get is a Steven Spielberg channeling his inner ten-year-old and going crazy on a movie backlot.” — Mike Matessino “The main reason to...
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