Articles

Articles written in 2002

  • December 15th, 2002

    The Greatest Christmas Movies

    Written by Eric

    In my opinion, A Christmas Story and Its A Wonderful Life are the greatest holiday movies ever made.

  • November 17th, 2002

    Bond, James Bond

    Written by Scott

    The James Bond movies are the most successful movie franchise in Cinema history.

  • October 13th, 2002

    The 'Real' Top Ten Movies

    Written by Eric

    When you consider inflation, what are really the top ten films of all time?

  • September 8th, 2002

    They're Playing Our Movie

    Written by Eric

    I have often heard the expression, "They're playing our song." There are a few songs that invoke a memory of a person place or event for me, but not many. Instead I have movies.

  • August 18th, 2002

    What I Did On My Summer Vacation

    Written by Eric

    Recently the Three Movie Buffs were reunited when I visited New York City. It had been over a year since we had all gotten together.

  • July 14th, 2002

    The Wide-Screen Debate

    Written by Scott

    Since the onset of DVDs, a debate which was once the realm of those few who owned Laser Disc machines, has come to the forefront. The debate of Letterbox versus Pan and Scan.

  • June 23rd, 2002

    Movie Reviews

    Written by Scott

    Does anyone go to see a movie just because the critics loved it?

  • June 9th, 2002

    Happy Second Birthday Three Movie Buffs: Part Deux

    Written by Eric, Patrick, Scott

    Since we decided to give our opinions on each others reviews I thought we could do the same with our articles.

  • June 2nd, 2002

    Happy Second Birthday Three Movie Buffs

    Written by Eric, Patrick, Scott

    To mark our second anniversary we decided to pick what we consider to be the best and worst reviews written by the other two.

  • May 19th, 2002

    Hollywood's Great Love Stories

    Written by Eric

    Love is the one movie theme everyone can connect with.

  • May 12th, 2002

    Great Thespians Never Die, They Just Fade to Black...

    Written by Patrick

    This month marks birthdays for two of the greatest Hollywood legends of all time, Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn.

  • April 21st, 2002

    Where have all the 4 star movies gone?

    Written by Eric, Patrick, Scott

    Blockbuster or small Indie, show business needs to stop churning and just put as much time and creativity in to their movies as it does money and star power.

  • April 14th, 2002

    Just What Makes a Classic, a Classic?

    Written by Eric

    Have you ever had some one tell you a movie is a classic and you have never seen it, let alone heard of it?

  • March 17th, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Picture

    Written by Patrick

    A look at all the films that have taken home the big prize on Oscar night.

  • March 9th, 2002

    The Oscars go to War

    Written by Patrick

    During the more than seventy year history of The American Motion Picture Academy Awards, this country has been through World War II, Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf War and now the war against terrorism.

  • March 2nd, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Director

    Written by Patrick

    At last years awards show Sam Mendes, winning for American Beauty, became just the 52nd man to receive this prestigious honor.

  • February 24th, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Actor

    Written by Patrick

    The first winner of this award, in that long ago spring of 1928 was Emil Jannings for The Way of All Flesh.

  • February 3rd, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Actress

    Written by Patrick

    On a spring evening in 1929 Janet Gaynor beat out fellow movie stars Louise Dresser and Gloria Swanson to win the very first Best Actress Oscar.

  • January 27th, 2002

    20th Century Box-Office Champs

    Written by Patrick

    Every year since 1933 Quigley Publishing has polled more than 500 theatre owners nationwide in order to rank the top ten box-office stars. I have taken their lists and ranked the stars by decade.

  • January 20th, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Supporting Actor

    Written by Patrick

    Like Best Supporting Actress this award was first presented at the ninth annual ceremony in 1936.

  • January 13th, 2002

    Oscar Tribute-Best Supporting Actress

    Written by Patrick

    First awarded at the 9th annual Ceremony in 1936, the best supporting actress category has traditionally been given for less glamorous roles than the best actress award.