Today, McDonald’s has flooded seemingly every nook and cranny of Planet Earth with cheap food served fast. In America, there’s one on every corner, and their food tastes exactly the same in Miami as it does in Oakland. ..

These photographs of African-Ameivcan women were taken in the Victorian Era, mainly from the years 1860 to 1901. They were either slaves or the children of slaves...

John Ford was a great film director. A great American film director. He made some 140 films during his long, highly successful and multi-award-winning career. Half of them classics. Movies that could easily fill a good few chapters in any book on the history of cinema. Stagecoach, The Searchers, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow … Continue reading "Fights, Booze and John Ford’s ‘Greatest Triumph’: ‘The Quiet Man’"

These photographs of African-Ameivcan women were taken in the Victorian Era, mainly from the years 1860 to 1901. They were either slaves or the children of slaves...

In 2009, Nicolas Cage was in hock to the tax man. He sold off a few of his properties and a lot of his belongings to pay the money owed. Among the precious objects sold was a poster for Tod Browning’s classic horror movie Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. Cage’s original “Style F” one sheet poster … Continue reading "Dead! Undead!: The Many Posters of Bela Lugosi’s ‘Dracula’ 1931"

I nearly called it "Studentsploitation", and while this may be more fitting, I thought "Campusploitation" had a better ring to it, and more apt to catch on. So, when this term becomes official, I'll be expecting this sentence to appear on Wikipedia: "Campusploitation: A term originally coined on Flashbak."...

Besides the fact that the Enterprise dress code required micro-minis for all female crew members, it seemed like every episode provided an opportunity for some sci-fi eye candy...