The strains of the main theme to The Magnificent Seven (1960), highlighted in the opening credits and woven into the score throughout the movie by its brilliant composer, Elmer Bernstein, are instantly recognizable, even if you have never seen the film. So iconic is the music that underscores this epic tale of dusty desert adventure…
Ask and ye shall receive. The classic film blogging community has several special events coming up in the next few months, and we’re rounding up some of them for you here. 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon, hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, Paula’s Cinema Club, & Once Upon a Screen February 1-March 3 In concurrence with TCM’s…
After a sporadic couple of months, we here at True Classics are (finally) ready to usher in the new year! 2012 was True Classics’ best year ever: we added a new member to our crew (the lovely Sarah), introduced new features, hosted some great contests and giveaways, watched the classic film blogging community grow with…
… wrote some pretty frickin’ sweet limericks! Before we (finally) announce the winners of our third-anniversary contest, I just want to thank all of the participants–we had a wide range of entertaining submissions to judge, and it was really difficult to narrow it down to our favorites! I also want to apologize for the delay…
Just a quick note to let our readers know that we are still here and kicking–albeit much more slowly than normal. I had to make an unexpected road trip to Miami and have only been able to access email, etc. through my phone, which is not exactly conducive to maintaining a blog … We have…
Our third-anniversary limerick contest ENDS on Thursday at midnight … and we’ve had exactly one entry so far. Now, I know a lot of you folks out there are veritable EMPERORS of procrastination like myself–but c’mon, guys and gals, put on your poetical hats and get those limericks posted pronto so we can give away…
There once were four bloggers who sought To host a fun contest, and thought, “Haikus have been done, And though they’re much fun, it’s LIMERICKS we’d like to see wrought!” I think you know what’s coming … Yes, boys and girls, we’ve decided to have a good time with this year’s anniversary contest (cue the diabolical…
As we announced a couple of weeks ago, the TCM Event Series continues next Thursday, November 15th, with a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird in theaters nationwide. NCM Fathom joins TCM and Universal Pictures in bringing this newly restored classic to the screen for its fiftieth anniversary, as part of Universal’s own 100th anniversary celebration…
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