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Since it is Super Bowl LIII weekend, here are TailSlate’s Ten Favorite Football movies

by Brian Milinsky

Movies about football have been around almost as long as the game itself. The first professional football player signed a contract to be paid to play in 1892. In 1921, Two Minutes to Go was the first movie about the … Read more

TailSlate remembers the iconic Burt Reynolds

by Brian Milinsky

“All of the younger actors keep coming up to me and asking me where all of the land mines are because they know I’ve stepped on them all” – Burt Reynolds If he hadn’t suffered injuries to both knees while … Read more

TailSlate remembers Bernie Casey

by Brian Milinsky

Bernie Casey, best known for roles in Revenge of the Nerds and Sean Connery’s final Bond film, Never Say Never Again; died in Los Angeles on September 19, 2017.  He was 78. That might be the movie moment he is … Read more

We recast the classic, 'Smokey and the Bandit'

Tail Slate recasts one of the biggest hits of 1977

by Brian Milinsky

Four decades ago, a movie hit theaters that soared past the $100 million box office mark.  It spawned sequels in 1980 and 1983 that did well at the box office between them.  No, not Star Wars: Episode IV – A … Read more

Famed stuntman and director Hal Needham has passed away

by Brian Milinsky

Hal Needham, who directed the films Smokey and the Bandit and a number of other films featuring actor Burt Reynolds has died.  But long before he first sat in the director’s chair of a feature film, he was one of … Read more

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