Archive for ‘May, 2011’

Jurassic Park Film Review

For the longest time it seems, Memorial Day weekend has been the unofficial start of summer (solstice be damned)… barbecue season, too. Once, the summer movie…

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TMT: In Space No One Can See The Popcorn Fly

This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. It’s becoming a habit, or synchronicity… whatever, for these…

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hAppy B-day, Cillian!

While I’m not what you’d call a complete Cillianiac, I did want to contribute something toward my book-worm, movie addict, and turtle-lover friend, Novroz, and her…

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Elvis & Joe in Audiobook: The First Rule

Last year’s release of the 13th book in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novels by Robert Crais inspired a series at my old blog. It examined each…

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TMT: The Empire Strikes at the Crack of Dawn

This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. It was pointed out that today is…

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Friday Song: Goodnight Moon

Sometimes, there are songs that simply catch me off-guard with the oddness in their melody. Perhaps, a ballad garners consideration merely by its unexpected presence in…

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TMT: Midnight at The Chinese

This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. I moved this one up due to…

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Twenty-five Years Today: Top Gun

In honor of the summer-movie spectacle that debuted 25 years ago today, the Tony Scott-directed, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Tom Cruise action film, I contributed a retrospective…

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A Friday the 13th Post (a reprise)

If you recall the old children’s nursery rhyme, Monday’s Child, you may or may not be aware that it’s gone through some changes since the 1800s (and likely,…

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‘Not Bad For A Human’ Book Launch

It doesn’t happen often (or often enough), but there are times when you know you’re encountering a highlight. I’m not talking about those life-changing experiences for…

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TMT: a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time

If someone told me the day after I graduated high school I’d be writing something about anything related to film, or books, or even family years…

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A Small Study in Contrast: Bishop & Rafe

Note: The following is another contributive post to this week’s Lance Henriksen Blogathon hosted by my friend/author John Kenneth Muir and Joe Maddrey, the co-author of “Not…

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A Viewership Lived Through Lance

Note: The following is my contributive post to friend/author John Kenneth Muir and his Lance Henriksen Blogathon this week (which I highly recommend). (dictionary definition) char·ac·ter ac·tor |ˈker-ik-tər ‘ak-tər…

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