

Sean Hutchinson
Joined: Nov 21, 2012
Sean Hutchinson has a couple fancy schmancy academic degrees in English literature, is a big World War II buff, counts Carl Sagan and Harry Nilsson among his personal heroes, and he’s also a huge movie fan.




As the ultimate ’80s adventure comedy for kids, Richard Donner’s 1985 hit scored with audiences and critics alike, but there are probably a few facts about “The Goonies” you didn’t know, like that the treasure map was speckled with real blood.
On June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg’s 'Jaws'—the original summer blockbuster—arrived in theaters and scared moviegoers out of the water.
Here are a few celebrities who went so far that most of them never appeared in the hallowed halls of 8H again.
Francis Ford Coppola’s acclaimed (loose) adaptation of Joseph Conrad's ‘Heart of Darkness’ was supposed to be directed by George Lucas.
The Stephen King prison fable has become a modern classic—but it initially disappointed at the box office.
The U.S. government has some ideas.
As brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie on ‘SCTV,’ actors Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas made ‘hoser’ popular—and there are plenty of theories about the word’s origin.
Though it was initially a flop, Brian De Palma’s ‘Scarface’ has become a classic of the crime genre.
The Wilhelm Scream sound effect has been heard in everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Avatar.' But why do so many filmmakers use it?
Your daily cup of coffee has been hundreds of years in the making.
Arnold Schwarzenegger did all of his own stunts, as the filmmakers were unable to find a body double who could match the actor's size.
Dickens’s unprecedented celebrity made him the most popular novelist of his century—but the author of Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, and dozens of other works was more than just a writer.