Thursday, 28 February 2013

Calling All Cinemaniacs!: Day 9

Good afternoon Cinemaniacs!

Here's an awesome update on the campaign - we broke the $1,000 mark this morning! I cannot express either my deep gratitude or my amazement at the support that Calling All Cinemaniacs! has received.

Here's the part w...

Top Five Most Moving and Inspirational Movies

Sometimes we watch movies to simply be entertained. Other times we want to be terrified, challenged, intrigued. And there are movies that inspire. Filmmakers have long turned their lenses to situation where humans are required to be better than they ...

Check out this Funny Short from Brothers Tucker

One of the awesome contributors to Calling All Cinemaniacs!, Tony Tucker, is part of Brothers Tucker, a sibling duo intent on making you laugh. Tony doesn't just fund little film related projects, he also makes 'em!

Brothers Tucker just posted the...

Alfred Hitchcock Geek

This beauty of a film blog had me at Alfred Hitchcock. The geek is just a bonus. As you might have guessed from the title, Alfred Hitchcock Geek is all Hitchcock, all the time. And it is good.

From book reviews, news abou...

Review: Tokyo Drifter (1966)

You know when your Yakuza gang disbands because your boss is going straight? And then a rival gang leader tries to recruit you, but you're having none of it because you're so loyal to the old boss? And then that rival gang tries to kill you? And then...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Top 5 Movies Adapted from Novels

As an English student and self-professed cinemaniac, I have to say that there are some terrible film adaptations of fantastic books. Hopefully, this list will show you that yes, there are some fantastic adaptations out there that also maintained some...

Calling All Cinemaniacs! and the Go Go Factor

Calling All Cinemaniacs! Update


Thanks to:


Pam Fossen
Wade Sheeler
Silent Czarina, aka Shirley Hughes
William JR
Caren Feldman
Timothy McNeela
Spencer Lindenman
Steve & Debbie Dean
Tony Tucker
Becki Jolli
Morley Schul...