Read the Original Script for New Robin Hood Movie Online

Recently, I came across an article on Cinematical.com about the original script for the new Robin Hood movie, and how it was changed and manipulated over the years into becoming the movie that hit the theaters.

The original script for the movie painted a much different picture then what was released. The script, Nottingham, tells the story from the Sheriff of Nottingham's point of view. This obviously makes for a huge shift from the movie, and is also a very interesting take on the classic tale. Read the original here.

The article on Cinematical is interesting as it recounts how plot lines changed as the movie changed hands while being created. The full story of the script and its numerous changes can be found on the original script writer's blog.

It truly is an interesting tale, and a great read for movie buffs and all readers.

Blu-ray Comes to Troy Public Library

You asked for it. We listened:

The Troy Public Library is happy to announce that we now offer Blu-ray format movies available for check out.

Like our DVD offerings, the latest Blu-ray titles marked "Feature" will cost $2 for a week. Older titles are free for the same period of time. Some current titles available include Batman Begins, Slumdog Millionaire, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Looking for reviews of Blu-rays? Look here.

Stop by the Library and take a look at the collection. And don't forget to put in a request if you don't see it on the shelves.

Danny Glover to Star in Movie about Struggle to Save Library

Actor Danny Glover will star in a movie, titled Highland Park, that could help revive the shuttered McGregor Library in that city. The story line will mirror the ongoing struggle to reopen the Library, which closed in March 2002 because the city could not afford to keep it open. Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp told the Detroit Free Press the library will undergo significant restoration and the movie will be a "steppingstone" to its reopening.

[via PositiveDetroit]

RIP John Hughes, 1950-2009

"NEW YORK — Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Home Alone" died Thursday, a spokeswoman said. He was 59."



[via The Associated Press]

AMC Features BMC: B-Movie Classics

How many times has this happened to you: You come home, and all you are able to find on TV is quality programs? You are disappointed because want you really wanted to watch is a B-movie from the 1950s. Have no fear: AMC has come to your rescue!

The American Movie Classics website now has a section called "BMC: B-Movie Classics." Here, you can watch several complete classic B-movies, including Invasion of the Neptune Men, Planet on the Prowl, Teenage Caveman, and The Crawling Eye. Those interested in B-movies may be familiar with some of these titles already; several of them were used in episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Time for me to get back to watching Shake, Rattle, & Rock. To access the rest of BMC, click here.

[via Pop Candy]

VideoHound Offers Movie Lovers New Interactive Website

Do you like movies? If so, you are probably familiar with the VideoHound’s Gold Movie Retriever. This single volume reference book, a standard among movie lovers, has one paragraph reviews of tens of thousands of movies on VHS and DVD, along with a zero to four bones rating for each film.

Now, VideoHound has launched a social site, www.movieretriever.com, which allows you to create a free online account and interact with movie lovers around the world. You will be able to read one of 30,000 movie reviews; add your own ratings of movies and cast members; save movies to your Wag (most favorite) and Woof (least favorite) Lists; mark movies you want to watch; create and share custom lists, and respond to blog posts. You can even purchase movies directly from the site.

Plus, if you sign up for a free account by August 31, you could win a Sony Home Theater System with Blu-ray Disc Player and Bravia 40” Flat-Panel LCD HDTV.

Once you have logged on and found some movies you cannot wait to see, come by the Library and check them out. We have over 25,000 VHS and DVDs waiting for you to take home.

National Film Board of Canada Archives Now Online

Here is one for movie fans:

The National Film Board of Canada has put more than 700 films, clips and trailers on the Board's new website launched in January. From shorts and cartoons, to deeply moving or disturbing documentaries, all are there for free. Take a look -- there is sure to be one of interest.

[via boingboing]

R.I.P. VHS

The VHS tape – the format that popularized the copying, replaying, sharing and storing of media and ushered in the era of the home theatre – is no more.

According to Geoff Boucher, writing in the Los Angeles Times:

Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once-ubiquitous home-video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past.

After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home-entertainment stalwart are slowing to a halt at retail outlets. On a crisp Friday morning in October, the final truckload of VHS tapes rolled out of a Palm Harbor, Fla., warehouse run by Ryan J. Kugler, the last major supplier of the tapes.

"It's dead, this is it, this is the last Christmas, without a doubt," said Kugler, 34, a Burbank businessman. "I was the last one buying VHS and the last one selling it, and I'm done. Anything left in warehouse we'll just give away or throw away."

Read VHS Era is Winding Down.

[via gizmodo.com]

Watch Videos on Your Computer with MyLibraryDV

Is the high cost of movie rentals keeping you out of Blockbusters? Are you bored with reruns on TV? Well, first-rate entertainment is as close as your computer screen with MyLibraryDV!

MyLibraryDV is a unique video-on-demand service, available to you with your Troy Public Library card. You can download from a collection of over 1,000 movies, TV shows and lifestyle programs, 24/7, anywhere you have a broadband internet connection.

You have to first install the download manager, which is a one-time process. Once the manager is installed, you launch the video player by clicking on the MyLibraryDV icon on your desktop. Then it’s just a matter of choosing the video in which you are interested. Movies from Tootsie to The Count of Monte Cristo are just a mouse click away!

To get started, visit the Troy Public Library homepage and click on the MyLibraryDV icon.