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• This DESERVES to be a real Thanksgiving TV special...

  
  The Knight Shift — Authority: 140
  Its not the first time that Ive blogged about this. But a short film this good easily merits sharing more than once. And who knows, there might be some who have never had the pleasure of seeing it before.Here is that brilliant, spot-on and hilarious spoof of Ron Howards Apollo 13 that Gene Kranz himself has taken to ...
  6 hours ago

• Two True Freaks! Classic – Episode 5

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 144
  PLEASE NOTE:This episode is a rerun that originally aired September 8th, 2008. Episode 5 – Forgotten And Neglected Television Shows The Freaks discuss some of their favorite television shows that may have fallen through the cracks. Join Chris Honeywell and Scott H. Gardner for list of idiot-box ...
  2 days ago

• The Raft of the Medusa

  
  Gently Hew Stone — Authority: 126
  Last night I learned about what might well be the most amazing historical story I’ve ever heard.  I’ve been reading Sister Wendy’s 1000 Masterpieces which, among other things, has been teaching me a lot about the great stories of history that inspired many artists (such as the fascinating story of Judith and ...
  6 days ago

• Do you have ‘paraskavedekatriaphobia’ (just like Henry Ford, Napoleon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt)?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  Henry Ford, the father of the modern automobile industry, ‘refused to do business on Friday the 13th.’ Ford shared the same fear and caution with other stalwarts as Napoleon and President Franklin Roosevelt. FDR was such a day 13th phobic that he altered his ‘own travel plans on any day of the week that landed ...
  1 week ago

• Paraskevidekatriaphobia (What?)

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 680
  Huh?  What the hell does that word mean? Well, we asked our intrepid new reporter/ personal assistant/ voice mail diva/ advertising manager Ashley Hester to get on it, since the term apparently has something to do with today’s date – Friday the 13th. Specifically, we requested 13 of the most readily-available ...
  1 week ago

• Are You Alone on Friday The 13th?

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 151
  Harrison Ford refused to do business on Friday the 13th, and this week marks the third time this year that the 13th will fall on a Friday – the most times it can happen in one year.It’s a day when people rearrange travel plans, delay surgery or just pull up the covers and stay in [...]
  1 week ago

• Study: Friday 13th Costs Business near $1 Billion; Could 3 2009 Friday 13ths Be Root of Poor Economy?

  
  Symon Sez — Authority: 132
  Bad Luck: Horse or Driver? Be Afraid For the Third Time This Year!  Because there are 7 days in a week, there is at least one Friday the 13th each year. Sometimes there are two and occasionally, there are three. This year must be unlucky because there have been three after today is over. It looks like to me, ...
  1 week ago

• AFI’s 100 Movie Quotes illustrated

  
  Film Fetish — Authority: 145
  Badges? We ain’t got no badges…We don’t need no badges…We don’t have to show you any stinking badges! ~ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. ~ The Godfather They call me Mister Tibbs! ~ In The Heat of the Night Bond. James Bond. ~ Dr. No Get your ...
  2 weeks ago

• Don’t Blame The Yankees

  
  Do I Dare Disturb .. The Universe? — Authority: 100
  For the most part, I enjoy Rick Reilly’s work. I read his weekly column religiously when he worked for Sports Illustrated, and continued to follow him with some regularity when he moved over to ESPN. But it’s articles like today’s – “Too Short For A Column , that remind me he’s just another ...
  2 weeks ago

• What Really Happened on Apollo 13?

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 615
  Hear the story of what really happened on Apollo 13 from the astronauts who were on board, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise. Lovell provides great detail on the history of the oxygen tank and why it exploded, and both Lovell and Haise have some great stories to share about the flight, movie inaccuracies and more. [...]
  2 weeks ago

• What Really Happened on Apollo 13?

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 670
  Apollo 13 crew reflects on the mission from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo . Hear the story of what really happened on Apollo 13 from two of the astronauts who were on board, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise. Lovell provides great detail on the history of the oxygen tank and why it exploded, and both Lovell and Haise ...
  2 weeks ago

• Austin Film Festival 2009: The Wrap-Up

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 760
  In Austin, you can set your watch by the fall film festivals. We dont just have SXSW in the spring. Starting around Labor Day, it feels like we have a film festival practically every week, from Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) to the Austin Polish Film Festival, Austin Asian American Film ...
  3 weeks ago

• Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 23: How to Write Without Twists

  
  Writing Excuses — Authority: 451
  Question: Can you write a good book without a plot twist? Better question: is it a good book if your readers predicted what was coming? Best question: is a podcast about predictable prose itself predictable? No, seriously… the best question is “how can we use predictable, formulaic plotting ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why Tom Hanks Needs to Go Sci-Fi

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 760
  By: John Gholson How is it that someone as fascinated with space exploration as Tom Hanks has managed to go his entire career without appearing in a single science fiction film? Hanks has been an outspoken advocate for the space program since starring in Apollo 13 way back in 1995. He produced the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bethany’s Austin Film Festival Diary: Day 3

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 671
  The problem with getting robbed in Houston a few weeks ago is that your sunglasses get robbed, too. There are other problems, sure, but when you wake up in a badgeholder’s line at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz at noon on a Saturday with a bunch of friendly people trying to shake hands, it’s hard to fake like you’re ...
  4 weeks ago

• What’s your favorite movie?

  
  The Peoria Chronicle — Authority: 422
  Mine is Apollo 13 :
  4 weeks ago

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