Movie Rewind

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “I am the Nightrider. I’m a fuel injected suicide machine. I am the rocker, I am the roller. I am the out of controller!”. A 40th anniversary celebration of George Miller’s post apocalyptic fuel injected “Mad Max”. Director George Miller’s “Mad Max” is two B-movie genres mashed together that were popular in the 70s: the car …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “This isn’t a hospital! It’s an insane asylum”. A 50th anniversary celebration of legendary filmmaker Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H”. While the movie has been eclipsed by its television adaptation and despite it’s lack of faith by the studio, it became a box office hit and a beloved comedy. Based on the book “MASH: A Novel of Three …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull’s ass, but I’d rather take a butcher’s word for it”. A 25th anniversary celebration of “Tommy Boy”. When Chris Farley and David Spade were shooting “Tommy Boy”, their first lead roles they were both alums of “Saturday Night Live” trying to …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “Baby, I’m gonna treat you so nice, you’re never gonna wanna let me go”. A 30th anniversary celebration of director Garry Marshall’s “Pretty Woman”. “Pretty Woman” is not only one of my top 10 favorite films of all time, it’s the best modern take on “Cinderella”, but is also the prime example of what defines the …

A-Ron’s Film Rewind Presents: “I Love Being A Turtle!”. A 30th anniversary celebration of the big screen adaptation of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. What started as a black and white independent comic to becoming a successful toy line and animated series. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” had overcome budgetary, studio distribution, script and costume problems to being one of the highest …

I recently re-watched “The Water Diviner” (lost count how many times already) and realized that not much people have discovered this movie nor have they haven’t even seen it. Which makes it one of the best films you’ve probably never seen. Released five years ago, it’s a sweeping two hour epic, making it the feature film directorial debut of actor …

Pixar is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. Pixar began in 1979 as part of the LucasFilm computer division, known as the Graphics Group, before its spin-off as a corporation in February 1986, with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who became its largest shareholder at the time. Disney purchased Pixar in …

American actor and filmmaker Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, and was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother, Chris Anne (née Boldt), is a school teacher, and his father, Timothy Byers Affleck, is a social worker; the two are divorced. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975. He is …

Ron Howard is a two time Academy Award nominee as Best Director for “A Beautiful Mind” (which he won the Oscar for) and for “Frost/Nixon”. Ron Howard is one of this generation’s most talented and greatest filmmakers. Ron Howard has created some of Hollywood’s most memorable and definitive films. Ron Howard made his directorial debut in 1977 with Roger Corman’s …

A book I recently bought has inspired me to create my own list of “The Greatest Films You Must Absolutely See”. I’ve broken them down by years. Take a look and seek out these films that are absolutely essential to the art of cinema and must be seen. •1950 The Asphalt Jungle Directed By: John Huston Recently released from prison, …