Archive for the ‘Blogathons’ Category

  • Vote for October 2016’s Movie of the Month! Horror Special!

    by Jay Cluitt · Sep 15, 2016 at 22:58 CEST · MOTM · 4 Comments
    Vote for October 2016’s Movie of the Month! Horror Special!

    It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! You can vote at the bottom of the page. but first here’s the list of candidates:

    Repulsion (1965) [Sean Homrig, The 1001 Movie Podcast]

    Carry On Screaming! (1966) [Rebecca Sharp, Almost Ginger]

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) [Daniel Lackey, The Nightmare Gallery]

    Pet...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    by Tony Cogan · Sep 11, 2016 at 11:14 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    Send Features to: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 24th September 2016

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I am still looking for pieces in this month’s stop motion centred Director’s Chair on the films of Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer. For those of you who need a reminder of the films that you can cover, go back to the original post here. I look forward to...

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    by Tony Cogan · Aug 29, 2016 at 19:08 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Introduction: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    Send Articles To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 24th September 2016

    Hello everyone, Tony here and it’s once again time to introduce the director, or in this case directors, that will be covered for Director’s Chair this month. This time, I’m going to be doing something different and cover 3 directors, all of whom I feel represent the best of stop-motion...

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  • The Movie of the Month for September 2016 is…

    by Jay Cluitt · Aug 29, 2016 at 10:44 CEST · Featured, MOTM, MOTM Champions · No Comments
    The Movie of the Month for September 2016 is…

    The latest Movie of the Month has been decided upon!

    Some lesser-known contenders led to a two-horse race between the more notable entrants in this month’s poll, leading to a 1-vote win for this month’s champions… Cool Hand Luke.…

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  • Director’s Chair: Danny Boyle

    by Tony Cogan · Aug 28, 2016 at 19:42 CEST · Director's Chair · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair: Danny Boyle

    Hello everyone. It’s once again time to do a round up of all the posts that I received for the films of Danny Boyle. Got a good haul this time around and once again it was great to hear the diverse opinions for the films of Danny Boyle. As always, links to the features will be placed below and I hope you have a look at these pieces yourselves.

    Shallow Grave:

    Movierob –...

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  • Lambcast #335 Streets of Fire MOTM

    by Jay Cluitt · Aug 17, 2016 at 14:02 CEST · Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    Lambcast #335 Streets of Fire MOTM

    Flock of seagulls haircuts! Rick Moranis in a serious role! Willem Dafoe in black PVC waders! That’s right, this week we’re talking about Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire!

    Jay Cluitt was joined for the latest Movie of the Month by Will Slater, Todd Liebenow and the film’s champion, Richard Kirkham, to dig into this 1984 cult classic.

    Also on the show: Rants and Raves of the Week, a couple of...

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  • Vote for September 2016’s Movie of the Month!

    by Jay Cluitt · Aug 15, 2016 at 23:58 CEST · Featured, MOTM, Poll · No Comments
    Vote for September 2016’s Movie of the Month!

    It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! You can vote at the bottom of the page. but first here’s the list of candidates:

    Cool Hand Luke (1967) [Joe Guiliano, As You Watch]

    Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) [Todd Liebenow, Forgotten Films]

    Polyester (1981) [Cain Noble-Davies, Mahan’s Media]

    Back...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Danny Boyle

    by Tony Cogan · Aug 14, 2016 at 19:33 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Danny Boyle

    Send Entries To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 27th August 2016

    Hello everyone, once again it’s time to give you the two week warning for this month’s Director’s Chair, which, to remind you, is looking at the films of Danny Boyle. For a brief overview of the works of Danny Boyle, along with what you can cover for your posts, look at the introduction post here....

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: Danny Boyle

    by Tony Cogan · Aug 1, 2016 at 23:45 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Introduction: Danny Boyle

    Send Features To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 27th August 2016

    Hello everyone, it’s once again time to announce the director I will be highlighting for the month in Director’s Chair and, seeing as how in the past few weeks we’ve been getting news about Trainspotting 2 and memories of the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, I think now is the perfect time to highlight...

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  • Director’s Chair: Kathryn Bigelow

    by Tony Cogan · Jul 31, 2016 at 19:44 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair: Kathryn Bigelow

    So we once again come to wrap up a Director’s Chair feature, this time with easily the most responses I’ve received since I restarted Director’s Chair. I want to thank everyone who sent in pieces on Kathryn Bigelow’s films and without further ado, here we go.

    The Loveless:

    Surrender to the Void – http://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-loveless-1982-film.html Movierob –...

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  • The Movie of the Month for August 2016 is…

    by Jay Cluitt · Jul 27, 2016 at 0:02 CEST · MOTM, MOTM Champions · No Comments
    The Movie of the Month for August 2016 is…

    The latest Movie of the Month has been decided upon!

    Once again it’s proved that attempting to predict the Movie of the Month winner can be far from reliable as a group of movies including some established classics and topical films instead provides us with a decidedly under-seen flick in the form of… Streets of Fire.…

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Kathryn Bigelow

    by Tony Cogan · Jul 17, 2016 at 23:30 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Kathryn Bigelow

    Deadline: 30th July 2016

    Send emails to: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone, this is your reminder that you have two weeks left to submit pieces you’ve done about the films of Kathryn Bigelow for this months Director’s Chair. For a reminder of the rules of Director’s Chair, along with the list of films directed by Kathryn Bigelow, go back to my original post. I look...

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