More of Those On Screen Movie Dads
Let’s kick off this year’s look at movie Dad’s with three versions of The Champ. 1931 saw Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper take to the screen. The next version switched […]
Price and Poe : The Poster Gallery
For the regular readers here at Mike’s Take, you know I love the works of my “friend” Vincent Price. Not just the films but the many other endeavors he took […]
Mom On the Movie Poster and More
For Mother’s Day it’s time to highlight the one who for most all of us is our first love. Is there a favorite on screen Mother that instantly comes to […]
Stanley Cup Playoffs : My Starting Line Up
Like any born and bred Canadian boy, it’s all hockey in my house when the puck drops in the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup. The coolest looking trophy ever created and one […]
The Return of “The Novel Idea”
Ok. You might have figured it out by now but when I’m out hunting for VHS tapes, DVD’s and other odd bits of movie paraphernalia, I like to snap pics […]
The Long Shadow of JAWS in Movie Posters
When Steven Spielberg unleashed the terror of Peter Benchley’s novel upon innocent movie goers in the summer of 1975, it opened up a whole sub genre in horror of animals […]
Robert De Niro ….. Raging on a 27 by 41 Movie Poster
Imagine you were born in the mid 90’s. If you watched a fair amount of new films from then on and were of the opinion that movies older than you […]
James Cagney on the Marquee Poster
Surely you have a favorite Cagney film. I know I do and while I’ll admit to loving his Oscar winning turn in Yankee Doodle Dandy, I’ll have to go with White Heat. […]
Now Playing : A 1960’s Flashback
I love it when I come across old newspaper listings for what was playing at the theater. The ads feature great come on advertising lines and some pretty cool double […]
Movie Posters and Fellow Canadian, Donald Sutherland
Never missing an opportunity to reminisce about the movies and actors that populate them, when I think back to discovering who Donald Sutherland was and connecting the name to the […]
Hammer Horror : In Praise of the Double Feature
If there is one thing my generation missed out on it’s the double bill. Two movies for the price of one. Sure the drive-ins are mainly a dead issue but […]
Boxing Day Brawlers and Bruisers …. The Third Edition
Once again it’s time to shine the light on the actors who have chanced an opportunity to step into the square jungle. Some seem to fit right in while others […]
Angels Among Us
With the impact of It’s A Wonderful Life in our home growing up, it’s hard not to wonder as a child if I too had my very own Clarence looking […]
Back With Another Novel Idea……..
More movie tie ins down at the local book shop that you might have missed when that movie was playing at the local theater you couldn’t wait to check out. […]
Sidney Poitier at the Movies and in Posters
I guess in my home, Mr. Poitier came in to my consciousness thanks to my parents love for the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night with Sidney and […]
Theatrical Flashback : Now Playing October 11th 1952 … and then some…..
I love it when I locate an old newspaper to see what was playing at the local theater. In this case it’s a paper out of Brantford, Ontario Canada. A […]
