Holy Roller: The 60th Anniversary of “Ben Hur”

By Michael Lyons“The Entertainment Experience of a Lifetime!”  This promotional tag line from the original movie poster for “Ben Hur” is not only a clever play on words, it truly sums up the film.At a time in Hollywood history when films became events; when movie studios battled television by creating epic films;...

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Lightning’s First Strike: Remembering Filmation’s “Shazam!”

By Michael LyonsBelieve it or not, there was a time, only four decades ago,  when super heroes were not the subject of big-budget movies blockbusters.Nope, back then, they were fodder for low-budget Saturday Morning TV Shows.Heavy hitters like Batman and Spider-Man were relegated to minimally animated shows that were...

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