Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:27 am
This must have been a lot of fun to do! Dan Kois put together a terrific guide to “Surviving a Zombie Attack” for New York Magazine, with all kinds of great tidbits from experts like the people behind “Walking Dead” and the “Thriller” video to neuroscientists (on the zombie brain), and with advice on everything from what to pack in your Go Bag to where to hide and how to find the best weapons by looting the museum.
Posted on October 22, 2011 at 4:57 pm
The Warner Archive is celebrating Halloween with a sale on some of their scariest movies, some that are silly scary, and some that are not that scary at all. As the classic children’s book “The Phantom Tollbooth” celebrates its 50th birthday, this is a good opportunity to get the DVD at 30 percent off. One of my fantasy favorites, “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao” is on sale, too, along with some old-time Lon Chaney films, the creepy thriller “Night Must Fall,” sci-fi cult favorites like “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “Queen of Outer Space” and more.
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 12:05 pm
The biggest movie star of all time deserves the biggest celebrity auction of all time. Christies has announced five separate auctions from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor. Her couture gowns, the costumes and props and scripts from her films, and of course her jewels are being auctioned in December and may be viewed at Rockefeller Center in New York (times to be announced). Everything from the grandest jewels (one ring is estimated at over $3 million) to a Van Gogh painting, a Versace jacket with her face all over it, and a poster of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” will be offered, with many items to be auctioned online. 
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Here’s your chance to own an item from the personal collection of one of the biggest movie stars of all time, John Wayne.
Among the items in the collection are one of the iconic black eye-patches worn by John Wayne in his 1969 Oscar-winning role in “True Grit,” the cowboy hat he wore in the film’s 1975 sequel, “Rooster Cogburn,” and more than 700 other costumes, scripts, personal documents and awards that will be available to fans for the first time.
“My father’s fans were very important to him. He was open and accessible to them, and making these items accessible to the public is something that feels right,” said the actor’s son Ethan (named for one of his greatest roles, in “The Searchers”). “Museums have large collections of my father’s personal property, and our family has had a chance to select and keep items sentimental to us. There is no need to keep this memorabilia locked away when it can be enjoyed by his fans.”
Among the additional items in the auction are John Wayne’s Golden Globe award for Best Actor for his role in “True Grit,” costumes from such movies as “Sands of Iwo Jima” and “The Green Berets,” and more than 50 movie scripts from such celebrated John Wayne films as “True Grit,” “The Green Berets,” “Stagecoach,” “Rio Lobo,” “Hellfighters,” and “The Sons of Katie Elder.” Many of the scripts are annotated with John Wayne’s handwritten notes.
Personal items include John Wayne’s cowboy boots and cowboy hats; saddle and stand; personal correspondence with U.S. Presidents and Hollywood’s biggest stars of the era; correspondence and awards related to his affiliation with the University of Southern California; and John Wayne’s driver’s license, passport and American Express card.
Public exhibitions of the John Wayne collection will be held in Dallas, Sept. 16-18, 2011, in New York, Sept. 23-25, 2011, and Los Angeles Oct. 3-5. The auction will take place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and online, Oct. 6-7, 2011. For more information, check out the John Wayne Auction page on Facebook.
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 2:48 pm
According to CNET:
Apple’s App Store currently offers eight Hasbro 3D titles that can take advantage of the new gadget, including My3D Presents, a look at movie trailers and demos of 3D apps; My3D 360 Sharks, a game that lets you explore the ocean’s depths through the eyes of a shark; and My3D Sector 17, a 3D shooter game in which you defend the galaxy.
It’s an updated version of the stereopticon and it works the same way. The program shows you two pictures, one slightly to the left of the other, and as your two eyes turn them into one image, it appears to have depth. 
