This Date In Movie History: March 17th

by Furious
March 16th, 2009

March 17th. It’s one of those nondescript days of the year that you think will never really amount to much. It’s just an extra day before March 18th. But on the contrary, the 17th is pretty sweet.

Birthdays:

Gary Sinise was born on this date in 1955 and it don’t matter what else he ever does, he’s never outliving that whole Lieutenant Dan thing.

1927 saw the birth of Rudy Ray Moore. If you don’t mind the language, I’d put up Dolemite as the most quotable movie ever.

Kurt Russell was born in 1951. If he can ever team up with John Carpenter again, I swear it’ll solve the world’s economic problems. Is there a person alive that WOULDN’T pay to see that?

When Rob Lowe was born in 1964, it wouldn’t surprise me to hear that he was hitting on nurses in the

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30 Great Sequels That Haven’t Happened. Yet.

by Furious
March 5th, 2009

Castaway 2: Wilson’s Revenge

The Deer Hunter: The Next Generation

Harry and the Hendersons 2: Let’s Get Hairy

Remo Williams: The Adventure Ends

Chaplin II: 23 Skidoo

The Continuing Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Return of George Kaplan: North by Northwest 2

American History XI

8ight

The Fourth Man

Platoon 2: In the Shit

Searching for Bobby Fischer 2, Learning to Castle

Jerry Maguire: Holdout

Traffic Jam – An Easy Rider Tale

Yours, Mine and Ours 2: Who’s Your Daddy?

Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Out to Brunch!

Freaks 2: Freakier

Singing in the Rain: Thunderstorm

Some Like it Hotter

Tranquilizer: The Big Sleep 2

Fargo 2: Whiteout

Triple Indemnity

Lawrence of Arabia: Trek to Mecca

Full Metal Jacket 2 – Bulletproof

Punching Bag,

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This Date In Movie History: December 17th

by Furious
December 17th, 2008

December 17th, what more can I say? Maybe it’s because it’s near the end of the year, but there’s all kinds of good stuff about December 17th.

First, the birthdays:

Milla Jovovich, the first lady of zombie movies, was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1975

Giovanni Ribisi, whose father’s name is Gay, was born in 1974

Writer/director/producer/editor/cinematographer Gregg Araki was born in 1959

Rhode Island-obsessed director Peter Farrelly was born in 1956

Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione was born in 1930

Prolific supporting-actor Ernie Hudson was born in 1945

Cherokee actor Wes Studi was born in 1947

Bill Pullman, who is somehow often confused with Bill Paxton, was born in 1953

There were a slew of older movies released on this date that have especially dirty

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The Three Stooges Ride Again?

by Furious
November 4th, 2008

Next up for the Farrelly Brothers will be perhaps the most ambitiously repugnant thing they’ve attempted yet, a Three Stooges movie.

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This Date In Movie History: November 2nd

by Furious
November 2nd, 2008

November 2nd has been an interesting day in movie history.

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This Date In Movie History: October 8th

by Furious
October 8th, 2008

October 8th has historically been a pretty good day, at least as far as movies are concerned.

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In A World Where No One Can Live Forever

by Furious
September 2nd, 2008

So, September begins the way August ended, on a bad note. Two days and the loss of two Hollywood greats.

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5 Animated Characters I Wish Never Existed

by Furious
September 1st, 2008

This motley crew of animated jerks can throw me into a vitriolic rant as easily as any living person. The worst thing about these characters is that I first saw some of them when I was a little kid and they will account for some of the oldest movie memories I’ll ever have.

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