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Why ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ is still the perfect Halloween movie

Why ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ is still the perfect Halloween movie

by Travis Poppleton | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, Movie News

DR. FRANKENSTEIN’S LAB — Isn’t there something about Halloween that just makes old-timey, melodramatic movies sing? Sure, you can enjoy a few episodes of “The Twilight Zone” any time of the year, and cruising down some highway with a 1920s radio...
Why ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ is still relevant after 50 years

Why ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ is still relevant after 50 years

by Travis Poppleton | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured, FilmInUtah, Movie News, Utah

OLD TIMEY UTAH – Last month, we kicked off our monthly KSL classic movie feature with the ever-controversial “The Birth of a Nation.” It was, admittedly, a heavy intro to this series, but we knew we had to get it out of the way. There’s no version of film history that...
Why the 1915 racist movie 'The Birth of a Nation' is still relevant today

Why the 1915 racist movie 'The Birth of a Nation' is still relevant today

by Travis Poppleton | Aug 14, 2019 | Featured, mainStory, Movie News

Somewhere after 1905 unveiled 5-cent Nickelodeons and before 1929 introduced the world to its first official Academy Awards, movie director D.W. Griffith had an idea. What would happen, he likely wondered, if you were to take a controversial novel, an...
7 more essential movies for film buffs streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime

7 more essential movies for film buffs streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime

by Travis Poppleton | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, Movie News

THE LIVING ROOM — A few months ago, I wrote an article about “7 essential movies for film buffs currently streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime.” The article focused on classic movies available on popular streaming services that in some way changed the filmmaking...
7 movies you missed in film class streaming now on Amazon and Netflix

7 movies you missed in film class streaming now on Amazon and Netflix

by Travis Poppleton | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured, FrontPage, Movie News, StateOfMovies

I always found it weird when people would nod off in film class. To me, learning where writers and directors came up with their ideas has always been wildly fascinating, so when I’d see someone dip their head a few minutes after the lights were flipped, I’d want to...
Wellsville’s ‘Sham Battle’ is as bad as Gehrke says –with pictures

Wellsville’s ‘Sham Battle’ is as bad as Gehrke says –with pictures

by Travis Poppleton | Mar 12, 2018 | Featured, FrontPage, JustOneThing, mainStory, StateOfUtah

A few years back, my little family and I lived in Wellsville, UT. It is a beautiful, miniature town with olde tyme shoppes and calendar-worthy views to fit the seasons. The crime-rate is low, the people pleasant, and on the off chance some minor discrepancy demands...
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