“I want to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials life can offer. Have courage and be kind.” All you Downton Abbey fans will love this. The actress who plays Rose is going to star in Disney’s new Cinderella movie. The film opens in March 2015. Check out the...
Is religious freedom in America eroding? Echolight studios produced One Generation Away, a film that features primarily the Christian faith under fire in America. References are also made to discrimination against practicing Jews and Jewish symbols in American life. Below is the official news...
When I created this map of Generation X movies from all 50 states I didn’t include the now cult classic EMPIRE RECORDS. The film, which was set in Delaware, was released in 1995. It’s a coming-of-age movie that follows a group of indie record store employees through the course of a...
Our criteria for choosing the Generation X movies was pretty simple and straightforward. From Fight Club to The Breakfast Club, we asked ourselves, “Does it include a Gen-X icon and/or bear witness to the collective persona of Generation X?” Click the map below to see which movies we...
Here is my latest Best of Flickr find. A couple of Gen-Xers swimming together in the Swansea Dam. They’re Blue Lagoon look-alikes! The Blue Lagoon came out in 1980 and starred Brooke Shields (b. 1965) and Christopher Atkins (b. 1961). It was a scandalous film at the time. Shields was only 14...
“One more high-tech, prehistoric, teenage, special-effects movies.” –Roger Ebert reviewing the 1985 movie Legend with Mia Sara and Tom Cruise Remember this? The unforgettable scene in Legend, the unicorn movie where the unicorn is surrounded by pink petals. Roger Ebert died...
Read on to learn more about Mary Katherine Joyce, the daughter of William Joyce who inspired The Rise of the Guardians. I saw Rise Of the Guardians over the Thanksgiving Holiday and I liked it so much, I had to know more about the writer, William Joyce. I was only peripherally familiar with his...
Wookiees Are Our Thing Jen Chaney of the Washington Post has written a commentary on Disney’s plans to purchase Lucasfilm and make three new “Star Wars” movies. “We so-called Xers…the ‘Star Wars’ generation…We don’t claim the Beatles as our own, nor...
I came across an article today about Gen Xer River Phoenix’s last movie, Dark Blood, which is finally going to be released nearly 20 years after the actor’s death. It got me to wondering about my favorite actress, Samantha Mathis, and what she might be up to these days. You may recall,...
Stephen Wildish is a freelance graphic designer from the U.K. whose movie and film alphabet posters have made the rounds on blogs and social networking sites. He began creating these late last year and recently added comedy, adaptation and super hero alphabet movies to the collection. I love these...
The Movie, Book One Day I watched a movie last night, One Day with Anne Hathaway, that kept me awake all night. Literally, I tossed and turned and never went to sleep. The film (released to DVD back in November 2011) is David Nicholl’s story of Emma and Dexter, who meet on the day they...
A comedy came out in 1982 named Savannah Smiles. It was quintessential Generation X, centering on a 7-year-old daughter of a politician who is ignored and neglected by her parents. She ends up running away and hooking up with a couple of crooks. It was a very popular movie and beloved by many Gen...
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