Film366.com features a daily movie recommendation selected specifically for every day this leap year. Every post features a video - sometimes the official trailer, sometimes an original video review, and sometimes something else. Keep checking in to see the movie of the day!
Today would have been James Coburn's 88th birthday. Wikipedia.org Article for James Coburn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Coburn What a huge star this guy was. So much that they gave him his own spy series beginning with this one in ..... Our Man Flint (1966)
Fred MacMurray was born on this day in 1908. Wikipedia.org Article for Fred MacMurray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_MacMurray When people think of him they always think about the nice guy from The Shaggy Dog (1959) or from The Absent Minded Professor (1961) and it's sequel Son of Flubber (1963), but this time we want to tackle, one of his more different roles, from his normal style, as he plays a snobbish, wife-cheating jerk opposite Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the Billy Wilder simple masterpiece ........
You may remember him from Jurassic Park (1993), but long before that he was in another Top 10 film of all time with the great Steve McQueen and a cast of hundreds as they pull off the greatest escape in film history in ........
The city of Santa Monica is named after the Roman Catholic saint, Saint Monica. Today is her feast day. So, why not watch a classic film noir that takes place in Santa Monica as our FILM OF THE DAY. Here's a fan-made trailer for Quicksand...
Mickey Rooney in a film noir? You betcha. Here's the whole movie:
Today is National Park Service Day and the 100th Birthday of the National Park Service! So, let's travel to Devil's Tower ...... Wikipedia.org Article for Devil's Tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
........ and have a Close Encounter of the Third Kind in ...
National Park Service webpage about Devil's Tower: https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm Celebrate the Centennial of the U.S> Nation Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/centennial/index.htm What's the connecction between the aliens in CE3K and Star Wars?
Chris has covered that in his blog. Listen in to one of the most entertaining Digging Star Wars entries ever...
Sadly, today is Pluto Demoted Day. That's right: the day commemorating when scientists destroyed the Planet Pluto by classifying it as a dwarf planet (instead of a full-fledged, regular "planet" of our Solar System). Since we're in the business of destroying planets, here's a little film about a space station that can blow up a planet in a single shot...
I did 3 different audio blog entries on Star Wars: A New Hope on my Digging Star Wars blog years ago. My favorite Episode 4 DSW compared ANH to The Dam Busters. Give it a listen....
It's "Ride the Wind Day." So, what better film is there for today than this screwy one where characters ride the wind, land and water to get to the big W? Here's 3 reasons you should watch it:
Now enjoy one of the best films ever made, that tells the story of what life is like in a penal colony on Devil's Island, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, in .... Papillon (1973) Trailer for the Film on YouTube:
Happy Poet's Day! Poetry plays a role in this classic pre-noir tale. We're not going to tell you how since we want you to watch it. So, watch it! (The movie, that is.)
Happy National Radio Day! Let's celebrate with one of the best - but often-overlooked - movies about the golden age of radio...
Radioland Murders is one of my all-time favorite movies.
One of my favorite stories regarding this movie involves Rosemary
Clooney - who sings "That Old Feeling" onscreen in the film. A buddy of
mine was meeting Ms. Clooney via work and asked me if I had anything I
wanted her to autograph. Of course, I did: my Radioland Murders poster!
So, he took it and faithfully rolled out the poster infront of her when
he met her. When he asked her to sign it for me, she replied, "I don't
think I was in that movie." My friend smiled and said, "If Chris says
you were in this movie, trust me. You were in this movie." Clooney
smiled and said, "Oh, that's right. I sang." And she promptly signed the
poster.
Happy Birthday to Gene Roddenberry (and Jonathan Frakes) !!! 50 years ago the first episodes of the original Star Trek series began airing in 1966 and creator Gene Roddenberry's vision began to take shape. Find the link to Gene Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes, the original Star Trek series and the Next Generation series' Wikipedia.org Articles from our Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) Post: http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/02/star-trek-insurrection-1998.html
Film366.com decided that we would honor all the Star Trek movies to celebrate Star Trek's 50th Anniversary this year. We at Film366.com have mentioned before that not all of the movies picked this year are complete gems. Some are just picked, because of their imprint on popular culture, cult following, film history implications or something that could be considered an important film foot-note. This film is one of those, for as bad as a reception that this film received back in 1979, this one marks an important part in Star Trek and film history, because it was the first .................. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Trailer for the film on YouTube:
In 1961, an usual amount of birds "attacked" Santa Cruz. The event was reported in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on August 18, 1961. Alfred Hitchcock asked for a copy of the article and two years later released "The Birds."
Eddie Murphy's Delirious was recorded on this day for HBO in 1983, Wikipedia.org Article for Eddie Murphy: Delirious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy_Delirious which launched the need for this film ...... So, let's get raw...
So, witness the film that tells the story of what really happened to Elvis Presley ............ after he died ..... in one of the best campy cult classic films of the last 15 years in ...... Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Trailer for the film on YouTube:
Worldwide Art Day was just a few days ago, so we figured we'd offer some free art here with Film366.com's original (and probably the first ever) video recommendation for an experimental film...
Interested in seeing more free art? On some Sundays you can visit various art museums around the country for free! Phoenix, New York and Chicago have art museums that offer FREE SUNDAYS (or "Pay As You Wish" for those feeling guilty about soaking up culture without paying for it). Here's a few links about art museums you can attend today for nil:
Philly Art Lovers, be sure to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art or The Barnes Foundation the first Sunday of the month for a FREE/Pay As You Wish visit.
But before you head off to the museums...watch the whole film of Allures right here!
Jordan Belson's Allures is hard to catch online. One day it's on Vimeo, next day it's not. One day it's on a Russian website, the next...not. One day on YouTube... you get the idea. Here's an embedded video of Allures that's good today, and hopefully still playable by the time you read this...
Now, as many of you know, I'm one of those Star Wars-crazy guys. This became a bit viral a few months ago. If you missed it, it's worth a looksy... ~ Chris
On this day in 1964, the world lost Ian Fleming - the man who created James Bond. Wikipedia.org Article for Ian Fleming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming Enjoy Film366.com's 2nd big James Bond recommendation of 2016 and probably the greatest James Bond film ever in ......
I even had lunch with Mr. Reggio at the now-defunct Cloud Cliff Bakery in Sante Fe, NM. Simply put, it was the best conversation I've ever had with a fellow filmmaker...
Happy Birthday !!!!!! Legendary B-movie actor John Saxon turns 81 today ... Wikipedia.org Article for John Saxon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxon You may not know who he is, but I'm sure you have seen him in numerous movies/TV shows. You may know him as the American guy from Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon (1973) ......
.... and you may know him from our next recommended film, as the Police Chief who lives on Elm Street in the campy cult classic .............
Happy Birthday to 4-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, 3-time Daytona 500 Winner and 5-time Brickyard 400 Winner...Jeff Gordon!
Gordon - along with additional big name NASCAR drivers - make appearances in this well-done, modern take on everyone's favorite, lovable Volkswagon, HERBIE!
Fishing is a hard sport to capture on film and truly show it's beauty, excitement and connections to life. But dang it if this film doesn't come awfully close to succeeding in celebrating the sport and art of fly fishing. Celebrate National Catfish Month by taking in this movie that proved to the world fishing is cool and Brad Pitt can act....
Today in film history !!! On this day in 1976, the world lost Fritz Lang, a cinematic genius ......... Wikipedia.org Article for Fritz Lang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang ........ who gave us many ground-breaking films including this intense and eerie one...
