Some reading the England Journal series of articles are probably interested in knowing a little more about my appreciation of Coldplay, and why I would travel thousands and thousands of miles by car, plane, and train to attend a few concerts in another country. As such, I thought I would explain a little more in this supplemental article about my love for the band and their music, details about a charity auction one year ago, and the prize of my pop culture memorabilia collection. [Read more…]
England Journal: Day Four. This was our second day in Liverpool, where the first of the two Coldplay “Hidden Gig” shows benefiting Crisis were held tonight. As noted in the prior journal entry, the “Hidden Gig” venue was not revealed until 24 hours before the show, and the venue announced was the Royal Court Theater. [Read more…]
As a continuation of the article sharing high resolution photography of the Back To The Future III DeLorean restored by Jeff Castillo and Desi DosSantos of ScreenUsed, and with a majority of the work done by Brian DosSantos, below is a high definition video interview with Desi and the movie car used in the popular 80s sci-fi franchise starring Michael J. Fox. [Read more…]
Breanna Livie of The Golden Closet has produced two excellent videos featuring interviews with Sam Arthurs, the weapons handler on Salt, starring Angelina Jolie. Breanna also had an opportunity to use some of the firearms featured in the movie. [Read more…]
Tom Spina and his amazing restoration of an original American Werewolf in London piece created by Academy Award-winning special effects master Rick Baker and owned by Bob Burns, as covered back in 2008, is now the focus of a new video feature published by Tom Spina Designs on YouTube. [Read more…]
The next Profiles in History auction is slated for December, and they have published a number of preview photos for pieces consigned to their next event. [Read more…]
Star Wars Celebration V, the “official Lucasfilm event celebrating all things Star Wars, produced by fans for fans” has been in full swing this week. While not personally in attendance, I thought I would publish a report on highlights of interest to original prop collectors, notably Lucasfilm announcing the release of the all six Star Wars films on Blu-Ray disc next year (per an interview with the New York Times), which will include never before seen footage, including a scene with Luke finishing the construction of his lightsaber in a cave on Tatooine from Return of the Jedi. The existence of such a scene has long been a matter of debate among Star Wars fans. [Read more…]
This Original Prop Blog coverage of the Prop Store exhibit at San Diego Comic Con concludes with Tim Lawes. The video interview series continues the exploration and discussion about some of the most important pieces on display at their booth, including material from the Alien films, Shawshank Redemption, Gladiator, The Empire Strikes Back, Clash of the Titans, Superman Returns, and more.
