In this era of wonderfully animated computer generated creatures in film, it’s easy to forget that 70 years ago, a fantastic giant monster movie was made with painstaking frame by frame animation of an 18 inch model! Despite its age, King Kong still stands out as one of the most fantastic and thrilling monster movies [...]
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Top 25 Dirty Versions of Star Wars Names
September 16th, 2011 
rberry Over on our Facebook, a bunch of friends went on a tear coming up with funny porn version of classic Star Wars character names. We all laughed pretty damn hard, and thought it was too good not to share with all of my buddies on retroCRUSH! Thanks to Robert, Tony, Jaime, Anya, Jewel, Nell, Woody, [...]
A Forgotten Classic, The 1983 Trailer for “Hambone and Hillie”
August 26th, 2011 rberry Hambone and Hillie is a largely forgotten film from 1983 about a dog trying to find his way home. It’s one of those feel good animal movies akin to Benji, and despite the ambitious narration in this trailer, which sets America up to expect the next E.T., it shockingly disappeared shortly after it was released [...]
Great Movie Scene of the Day- The Joker Asks For A Mirror
August 21st, 2011 rberry There’s so much not to like about Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film I could go on for days and still have boiling hot nerd rage, but so much of what he did with Jack Nicholson’s Joker character is simply beautiful. I love this scene the best, which features Jack in a back alley surgeon’s office [...]
Check Out Jennifer Landa’s Awesome Death Star Dress!
August 2nd, 2011 rberry The Official Star Wars Blog has a great feature on Jennifer Landa and her awesome Death Star Dress worn at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego. What they don’t mention is that it’s fully functional, and has a working trash compactor between her legs. CLICK HERE for the whole swell feature. Share this article
Willy Wonka’s 40th Anniversary BLU-RAY Set Coming in October
July 29th, 2011 rberry This looks pretty damn great. Though there’s a few things I like about the Tim Burton remake, the original Gene Wilder classic is still by far the only one truly worth watching. The music, sounds, acting, and sometimes terrifying scenes (boat ride scene, anyone) still hold up as some of the most enjoyable film making [...]
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Tags: augustus gloop, gene wilder, slugworth, willy wonka and the chocolate factory 
Comments OffHan Solo and Chewbacca…Together Again!
July 28th, 2011 rberry Ha! Gotta love this bit Harrison Ford did for Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Though it would have been nice if they got Peter Mayhew and a better Chewbacca costume. Share this article
Remembering Sherwood Schwartz 1916-2011
July 12th, 2011 rberry Sherwood Schwartz passed away in his sleep today at the age of 94. I interviewed him back in 2002 and it remains one of the most fun retroCRUSH pieces I’ve ever been lucky enough to do. I think this comprehensive interview with reviews his work on both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island is a [...]
Posted in CELEB TRIBUTES, INTERVIEWS, MOVIES, tv Tags: brady bunch, Interview, sherwood schwartz No Comments »If You Love Great Movies, You’ll Love Super 8
June 20th, 2011 rberry I loved Super 8. Super 8 is one of those great films that doesn’t come around very often that’s both original and inspired. Super 8 is a loving homage to being a 12 year old kid that’s got the perfect does of yesteryear without wallowing in nostalgia to the point that it’s a cliche. It’s [...]
X-Men: First Class Mini-Review
June 5th, 2011 rberry X-Men: First Class is a lot of fun. It’s certainly not incredible, and it watches a bit like a big budget TV show, but I had a great time watching it. Rebooting the X-men franchise in a 1962 setting is actually a genius way to erase the baggage of the mostly tiresome trilogy directed by [...]