Which genres of movies are popular varies widely over time. Nowadays, the big thing are superhero movies, which didn’t really exist fifty years ago. On…
CIPC #282: Bombay dry gin ad
Oh look, another ad for an alcoholic beverage with a chess theme.1 Just another Wednesday. Okay, let’s get this over with then. Gin is a…
CIPC #281: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Sometimes,people ask me why I haven’t spotlighted the Harry Potter movie yet.1 After all, it is one of the most famous movie scenes in recent…
CIPC #280: The rebel set
It’s been several months time since we last talked about a movie. So let’s do something about that. Our subject today, The rebel set, is…
CIPC #279: Metropolitan Life Insurance ad
It started all the way back in 1923 and, since then, Time after Time has come out.1 It is probably the most well-known weekly magazine…
CIPC #278: Mission: Impossible S5 E21, A ghost story
You are probably aware of Mission: Impossible, if only for the theme song or the Tom Cruise movies.1 It started as a tv series back…
CIPC #277: Mystery Science Theater 3000 S6 E3, The dead talk back
Yes, I know, it’s just a couple of weeks ago that I wrote about Mystery Science Theater 3000, but no, that’s not a reason to…
CIPC #276: Jonathan Creek S2E2, Time waits for Norman
Once more, this blog is visited by Alan Davies. Last time, he was a corrupt quiz game host who got caught up in a murder.…
CIPC #275: Fritz Leiber, The 64-square madhouse
The 64-square madhouse, a short story by Fritz Leiber published in 1962 in IF worlds of science fiction. It tells of the first super chess…
CIPC #274: Mystery Science Theater 3000 S6 E21, The beast of Yucca Flats
I am quite used to it and hardly notice any more, but Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a really weird show. The premise is that…