Man of Steel Countdown – Superman and me

Reblogged from : In just twenty four days (well 21 days for me :D), THE most anticipated movie of the year will arrive in theaters. There…

A Week of Muir

Reblogged from In The Comfy Chair: Earlier this week I posted about John Kenneth Muir’s week-long look at all things Star Trek on his blog, Reflections…

eBm: Favorite “Bond, James Bond.” Introductions

The Garner Files: A Memoir Audiobook Review

Friday Song: Goodnight Moon

Friday Song (& Dance Sequence): Chaiyya Chaiyya

Goyokin

Reblogged from Paragraph Film Reviews: As part of JAPANORAMA I am inviting fellow movie sites to join in. This one is a double-whammy from Michael over…

Friday Forgotten Film: The Master Gunfighter

“All history is part fact, part fiction, and mostly interpretation.” Many are well aware of the interconnection the American Western and Japanese Jidaigeki films have, the latter more commonly…

My 13 Favorite Howard Hawks Films

Name someone who defined the gangster on film — and way, way before Coppola or Scorsese. Who would also go on to shape the screwball comedy, too. Might as well throw in the dark of film noir into the mix. Plus, take on that other Hollywood staple, the Western, challenging John Ford’s domain. And use John Wayne perhaps even more effectively. The answer would be one Howard Winchester Hawks (by the way, John Carpenter’s favorite director).

Meanderings and Muses: Twenty-Seven Lovely Years

Reblogged: Meanderings and Muses: Twenty-Seven Lovely Years. On my friend Kaye Wilkinson Barley and her husband Don’s 27th wedding anniversary, her blog post today says it ever so eloquently.…

Reprise – Friday Forgotten Song: Stoned Love by The Supremes

Way back when, I had friends who’d argue endlessly about the quality and achievements of their favorite music groups in comparison with others. None more so than with those groups that transitioned with new members over the years. The music labels were not about to let go of a popular (read money-making) group name just because the lead singer would head out on a solo career (which they also managed).

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Reblogged from Paragraph Film Reviews: As part of the JAPANORAMA feature I am inviting fellow movie sites to join in. This post is from Michael over…

Best Album Covers: Santana

This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…

Music Break: The Great Gatsby's Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey

Reblogged from : I have the Moulin Rouge!’s soundtrack frequently playing in my car, so I admire Baz Luhrmann’s creative use of music in his films.…

Just for Reference

Arguably the best statistical graphic ever, this chart was created by the French engineer Charles Joseph Minard (1781-1870). It shows the terrible fate that befell the French army in the Patriotic War of 1812 in a combination of data map and time series (originally drawn in 1861).

Guest Post – The Parallax View (1974)

Greetings, all and sundry. Considering the overall positive response to discovering a vein and tapping into the Mother Lode of dirty deeds done not quite dirt…

TCM’d: Film Fest Recap

You know you’re getting old after completing something monumentally fun and your hair hurts from the effort. The hair no longer there, mind you. Still, I’ve…