Drive Book/Audiobook Review
Hardcover Publisher: Poison Pen Press (September 1, 2005) ISBN: 978-1590581810 Softcover Publisher: Mariner Books (August 30, 2011) ISBN: 0547791097 Audiobook Publisher: Blackstone Audio (August 1, 2007)…
Read articleOkay, Not the Last Rites – It’s The Spring Time Movie Quiz
Periodically, blogger Dennis Cozzalio (he of the wonderfully titled Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule site and among the best regarded film blogs out there) opens up…
Read articleRobert Crais: To Write in L.A.
“The Los Angeles Times determined we have 114 separate and distinct neighborhoods here in Los Angeles. The city has posted several hundred blue signs naming far more. L.A. is a mash-up of uncountable, diverse neighborhoods spread over 465 square miles; hard and soft, painted in colors from concrete gray and security bar black to putting lawn green and jacaranda snowfall purple; beautiful, mysterious, dangerous, welcoming neighborhoods, soundtracked by the music of more languages than you or I or even the Los Angeles Times can count.”
Novelist Robert Crais draws from perspectives both near and far to uncover a city rich in mystery and opportunities in his recent piece for the L.A. Times, A Story to Find on Every Street.
Read articleFriends in the Spotlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zZI4IBjbNQ
Over the weekend, I touched base with a friend I don’t see often enough, Paul McCrillis. He’s done casting in a number of television shows that both my wife and I followed regularly (Millennium and Nash Bridges) way before we ever met the man. He’s a talented and gracious gentlemen and yesterday we found out he directed the following take-off commercial that captured perfectly the vibe of one of my favorite films from last year. “After grooming Jean Dujardin for the Oscars and Golden Globes, Leonor Greyl introduced its own version of the Academy Award winning movie The Artist.” Well done, my friend.
Read articleFriday Song – Frank Sinatra’s The Way You Look Tonight
Honestly, I’m not that ancient, but I do maintain an affection toward the old love songs that originate from movies. Such is the case with the…
Read articleTMT: What is the Matrix? (or How to Break a Streak)
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. insert text here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this time looking at the Sci-Fi genre, it was only fitting I’d chronicle another of them in this series. As mentioned in my previous post, this genre has been a big favorite since childhood. Plus, the timeliness of this film in particular, in my work and personal life, made it one that I had to covered in one form or another.
Read articleTMT: A Planet of Our Own
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this time looking at the Sci-Fi genre, it was only fitting I’d chronicle another of them in this series. However, for this category it seems I’ve already done my fair share in TMTs: Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, E.T., Alien, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day and others. No matter. I’ll do this anyway.
Read articleVersus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Sci-Fi
Previous: Gangster This is the continuation of a series I began in January of this year that examines and remarks on The American Film Institute and its recent propensity to create Top…
Read articleTMT: Learning to Love a Reaver
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. The time has come to set the record straight for a film based on a certain short-lived TV series. Timely, too, with regard to the genre upcoming in my AFI Top Ten series and what’s in store with the next episode in the Castle television show.
Read articleThe Stand Audiobook Review
There was a time, decades ago, I read every single Stephen King book being published. Nowadays, I pick and choose between the more recent stuff of…
Read articleHappy Birthday You Ol’ Westerner: Gregory Peck
Note: this is my submission to my Flixchatter editor and colleague Ruth and her blogging birthday celebration of a certain well-known and charismatic actor. It’s not hyperbole to say…
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