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How The People That Time Forgot (1977) Became the Movie That Time Forgot
Guest post alert! I’ve been patiently waiting to add today’s writer to the Dust On The VCR roster for years now: the unconquerable Chance Shirley, a Birmingham film legend! Chance is the writer and co-director of Hide and Creep, a delightful horror comedy, which is actually the first feature I ever saw at the Sidewalk Film Festival when it premiered at Sloss Furnaces nearly 20 years ago.
A Golden Age
It’s been said (by Comics Buyer’s Guide editor Maggie Thompson, or maybe it was comic book writer Roy Thomas) that the golden age of comics is five. Meaning that no matter how comics historians might define the Golden Age of comic books (and the Silver and Bronze Ages), what really matters to the individual comic book reader is the time that they started reading comics.
Blog | SUBSPACE
March’s Guest Curator by Chance Shirley • March 1, 2022 Many thanks to Jeremy Burgess for being our guest curator for March! Jeremy is a writer, and he (along with his many fans) is celebrating the first anniversary of his blog on Substack, Dust on the VCR, where he writes about movies.
'Escape From New York': “B” Movie, Plus
It’s a jailbreak movie where the jail is all of New York’s Manhattan Island. It’s the greatest “B” movie of all time. It’s an ’80s movie that has only become more relevant over the years. And it isn’t a horror movie, but it might be horror master John Carpenter’s most frightening work. The movie in question is, of course, Escape From New York. It’s not the first jailbreak movie, but it takes the concept to another level by making the jail really big.
#sundayread for February 14, 2021
#sundayread for February 14, 2021 My picks for #sundayread for February 14,, 2021: More posts from me this week: More #sundayread: c Compose new post j Next post/Next comment k Previous post/Previous comment r Reply e Edit o Show/Hide comments t Go to top l Go to login h Show/Hide help shift + esc Cancel
Top 50 at 50
The other day Stacey said, “I’ve got to get my 50 favorite movies figured out for when I turn 50.” What a fun idea, I thought. But she won’t be 50 for a couple of years yet. I’ll be 50 on January 31 (that’s tomorrow as I’m typing this)! So I quickly put together my list. Are these my absolute 50 favorite movies of all time? Probably not. But I bet these are all in my top 75 or 80. So it’s a pretty decent list. Maybe I’ll think about it all year and do a revised top 51 at 51 list next year.
Our Programmer's Picks: Alabama Films
To add to your quarantine viewing agenda: from tiny indies to mammoth blockbusters, check out this diverse list of films shot in Alabama (partially or in entirety). INTERPLANETARY (2008) Narrative Directed By Chance Shirley Watch via Amazon Prime Video Synopsis: A motley assortment of men and women live and work together on a base on Mars for the Interplanetary Corporation.
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