Movies

“Letters to Juliet” begins to almost every girl’s showcase of an ideal romance: the main character, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), is about to be married and sets off to beautiful Verona, Italy, to spend some time with her fiancé, Victor (Gael Garcia Bernal) before their marriage. more»

WILLIAMSPORT -- This weekend, despite recovering from a 41-hour workweek at the Illustrious Bux, I decided to also be productive during my vegetation hours. This happened mainly from a desire to swap out my mail-in rentals at Blockbuster, but also to enhance my grasp of classic movie history. I’d had my rentals -- “Love Story” and “The Blues Brothers” -- in my home for about two weeks. more»

WILLIAMSPORT -- The world of independent cinema has found a home in Williamsport. The inaugural Billtown Film Festival will be held April 22-23 at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. more»

MUNCY – “Last Raft: A Story of Courage and Tragedy on the Susquehanna,” the long-awaited documentary DVD ($20), has been released and is on sale at Muncy Historical Society, http://www.MuncyHistoricalSociety.org/giftshop.html. more»

WILLIAMSPORT -- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s smash hit “Psycho,” the Christ&Culture film series will feature the acclaimed director’s films in all three of its screenings this year. more»

Don’t read this until you see it!

Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” is the first great film of 2010 – beautifully acted, brilliantly constructed and well worth seeing more than once. more»

As a longtime fan of steampunk, a literary and art movement that sets modern action and objects in an era when steam power dominates, such as Victorian era, I eagerly awaited the release of “Sherlock Holmes.” more»

WILLIAMSPORT -- This year marks the 70th anniversary of what most film historians regard as the “greatest year” in film history.

Some of the enduring classics released that year include, “Gone With the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,” “Stagecoach,” “Dark Victory,” “Young Mr. Lincoln,” “Beau Geste” and “Gunga Din,” just to name a few. more»

There probably aren’t too many folks in Lycoming County as obsessed with “A Christmas Carol” as I am.

I try to read the book every winter – sometimes more than once – and own nearly all the ancillary materials: CDs, videos, sequels, prequels and in particular, Michael Patrick Hearn’s majestic “Annotated Christmas Carol” (2004). more»

Williamsport’s Christ&Culture series marks its 10th meeting on Oct. 30, 2009 with a showing of the Anthony Hopkins movie “The Tenth Man” – a rare made-for-TV gem that is not commercially available in any form.

For those who can’t make it – or who might be interested in other Hopkins hits – here is a short list of his finest roles:

I’ve been preparing for the day when zombies run amuck. I’ve even trained my dog to respond aggressively when I whisper, “Zombies!” She charges around the yard, ears perked up and lips curled back in a snarl. Of course, that’s the same way she acts when I whisper, “Squirrels!” She gets even more excited when I point to a distant tree and whisper, “Zombie squirrels!” more»

Looking for a date night movie? Consider "Jennifer's Body." It isn't a horror movie in the "Friday the 13th" or "Nightmare on Elm Street" sense, but more of a creepy, campy romp that would be comfy sharing a jumbo tub of popcorn with "Army of Darkness" or "Evil Dead."

Evil Dead: “Who's that over there by the punch bowl?”
Army of Darkness: “Oh, that's Jennifer's Body. New kid. Seems to fit in really well...” more»

This inaugural “Culture Corner” has its eye on the Oct. 8 episode of The Office, when Jim and Pam will finally tie the knot.
In honor of these long-awaited nuptials, CC presents 10 films that take a positive look at marriage – such a rare phenomenon that the Internet Movie Database doesn’t even have “happy marriage” as a keyword search.
“Dysfunctional marriage,” yes.  Ditto “marriage problems,” “unhappy marriage,” “unwanted,” “troubled,” “loveless,” “forced,” “failed” and even “dead marriage.” more»