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Those wonderful movie posters Original movie posters are highly collectible and often an excellent investment. To fully qualify, a poster must have hung in a movie house. Today’s m[...]

30 Jul 2012

At the Movies by Ric Pantale

Fact or faked? The other day I was watching an old film on TCM. It was a Hollywood film made in the 1930s. Most of the film takes place outdoors among rolling hills, trees, grass [...]

29 Jun 2012

At the Movies by Ric Pantale

Harry Cohn made Columbia Pictures and he ran the studio with a tight fist. He was once quoted, “I don’t get ulcers—I give them.” Cohn was the embodiment of the le[...]

01 Jun 2012

At the Movie by Ric Pantale

Columbia Pictures We all know that beautiful lady standing white robed on a pedestal, carrying a torch. The Columbia Pictures Logo is world famous. Over the course of the years sh[...]

01 May 2012

At the Movies by Ric Pantale

Misadventures of a non-adventurer: The Thing From Another World that wanted to bite me When I was 12 years old, I shimmied down the pine tree growing outside my bedroom window and [...]

31 Mar 2012

At the Movies by Ric Pantale

Instead of reviewing HEAVEN’S GATE as a lost gem, I’ve decided to move on in February, a month with Valentine’s Day in it, to cover another lost masterpiece that is con[...]

02 Feb 2012

At the Movies by Ric Pantale

For the next few columns, I plan to write about films that were underrated or misunderstood when they first came out, starting with HEAVEN’S GATE (1980) How do you describe a[...]

01 Jan 2012

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At the Movies by Ric Pantale

Holiday movies are a wonderful way to get into the spirit of things. Every year at this time, the media makes lists of the great old films we’ve all seen and enjoyed. Who hasn’t [...]

28 Nov 2011

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