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THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN "MAYTIME" (1937) and "TITANIC" (1997)

While watching the 1937 operetta that starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy - "MAYTIME", I noticed that the story and main characters bore a strong resemblance in story structure to a movie that was released sixty years later . . . namely the 1997 Oscar winning movie, "TITANIC", which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Note the following: ( Read more... )

"THE TERMINATOR" (1984) Review

Back in 1984, director James Cameron and his fellow co-writers, Gale Anne Hurd and William Wisher Jr., created a science-fiction thriller about a time traveling cyborg assassin in a movie called "THE TERMINATOR". Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Lance Henriksen and Paul Winfield; the movie not only spawned three movie sequels within the next quarter-of-a-century, but also a television series and video games. ( Read more... )

Below are images from "TITANIC", the 1997 Academy Award winning film about the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic. Produced and directed by James Cameron, the movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet:( Read more... )

While watching the 1937 operetta that starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy - "MAYTIME", I noticed that the story and main characters bore a strong resemblance in story structure to a movie that was released sixty years later . . . namely "TITANIC", which starred Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet. Note the following: ( Read more... )

"PROMETHEUS" (2012) Review

When I first saw the trailer for director Ridley Scott's new science-fiction thriller, "PROMETHEUS", I had no desire to see it. For me, it looked like another "alien in the spaceship" thriller that I have ignored for years. But after some persistent urging from a relative of mine, I finally saw it in the theaters a few days ago. ( Read more... )