‘Decades’ Blogathon – The Final List!

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That’s it! The final spots have been filled and we now have the roll call of the 20 entries for the ‘Decades’ blogathon being hosted by myself and Tom over at Digital Shortbread!

As you can see from the list below, there’s a wide range of entries covering all genres that – I’m delighted to say – go back 100 years. Personally speaking, that’s exactly what I wanted to see when I first thought about doing this blogathon and I’m really looking forward to getting this underway.

Thanks so much to everyone for their interest and sorry to anyone who has missed out on this occasion. There’s always next year when we can possibly run this again and feature movies released in the sixth year of the decade – there are plenty I’d like to see on that list!

So here’s the full list:

1. Movies SilentlyThe Taking Of Luke McVane (1915)
2. Back To The ViewerA Night At The Opera (1935)
3. Defiant SuccessMildred Pierce (1945)
4. Epileptic MoondancerNight Of The Hunter (1955)
5. Tranquil DreamsLady And The Tramp (1955)
6. Movie RobMonty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
7. It Rains… You Get WetShampoo (1975)
8. Fast Film ReviewsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
9. Carly Hearts MoviesTommy (1975)
10. Cindy BruchmanBarry Lyndon (1975)
11. Film GrimoireDeep Red (1975)
12. Movie Man JacksonThe Stepford Wives (1975)
13. The IPCJaws (1975)
14. Three Rows Back – Back To The Future (1985)
15. The Cinematic FrontierPee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
16. Kaput, AlreadyThe Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985)
17. Ramblings of a CinephileLa Haine (1995)
18. Drew’s Movie ReviewsTommy Boy (1995)
19. Committed to CelluloidCasino (1995)
20. Digital ShortbreadBatman Begins (2005)

Now that we have our list, we’ll be aiming to start the blogathon on Monday, 18 May and will post one review each on our sites (10 on this site and 10 on Digital Shortbread). We’ll make sure to flag up each other’s daily posts to ensure every review on the list gets plenty of exposure.

Thanks again to everyone who’s taking part in what’s sure to be a great blogathon. See you on the 18th!

‘Decades’ Blogathon – Get In Quick!

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Spots have been filling up fast for a new blogathon being hosted by myself and Tom from Digital Shortbread… but there’s still time to get involved before they all go!

The response to our call for contributors to the ‘Decades’ blogathon has been fanastic and it’s already promising to be a great event. We have a couple of spots left so be quick!

The blogathon focuses on movies that were released in the fifth year of the decade – whether that be 1985, 1935, 1945 or any other decade.

So far, the following discerning writers have confirmed that they will be joining Tom and I in this endeavour:

The Cinematic FrontierPee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Ramblings of a CinephileLa Haine (1995)
Drew’s Movie ReviewsTommy Boy (1995)
Movie RobMonty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
It Rains… You Get WetShampoo (1975)
Epileptic MoondancerNight Of The Hunter (1955)
Tranquil DreamsLady And The Tramp (1955)
Fast Film ReviewsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Carly Hearts MoviesTommy (1975)
Committed to CelluloidCasino (1995)
Movies SilentlyThe Taking Of Luke McVane (1915)
Cindy BruchmanBarry Lyndon (1975)
Kaput, AlreadyThe Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985)
Back To The ViewerA Night At The Opera (1935)
Film GrimoireDeep Red (1975)
Movie Man JacksonThe Stepford Wives (1975)

On top of these guys, Tom will be reviewing Batman Begins (2005), while I’ll be having a stab at Back To The Future (1985).

We’re looking to run the blogathon from Monday, 18 May. If you’d like to get involved then please drop me an email at threerowsback@gmail.com or email Tom at tomlittle2011@gmail.com letting us know which film you’d like to cover or for more info.

Don’t miss out!