The Hot Rock Film Review
A brand spanking new year, 2013, and we’re already one month down. Almost. The last day in January means it is time once more to restart…
Read articleGuest Post – Sweaty Men in Film
Greetings, all and sundry! It isn’t often that circumstances, however odd fall into place so serendipitously. As to nudge a thought from the back of my…
Read articleYou Know How to Love Me: An Appreciation of Phyllis Hyman
Like anyone else, I’m tied to the era that spawn me. This readily applies to the music I listen to, as well. My wife more than once…
Read articleTMT: Now, Back Then
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. My colleague Kevin, based on the strength of his writing and reader reaction to his wonderful guest post here, gets the credit for bringing this film and memory to the fore:
“Not only in its projection of overall firepower with Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries”, but also in the wide variety of mechanized mayhem. From the Air Cavalry’s troops and their assembled M-16s. To the pintle mounted M-60s, pylon mounted quad M-2 Heavy Barreled .50 caliber Browning Machine Guns and pod mounted High Velocity Artillery (HIVAR) Rockets. The soundtrack fits the montage like a custom fitted suit. Scratchy voice overs and all. Culminating in a piece of film that is powerful, random and deadly.”
Read articleSame Song, Different Movie: This Town by Lee Hazlewood
This is the next entry in a series from early last year that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, in movies.…
Read articleReblogged » Radiator Heaven: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Reblogged » Radiator Heaven: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Today, my good friend J.D. over at his Radiator Heaven blog reprised his most excellent look…
Read articleBook Review: Suspect by Robert Crais
“The man’s breathing grew shallow and steady, his heartbeat slowed, and when the surge of his pulse grew no slower, Maggie knew he was sleeping. She…
Read articleGuest Post – Communicating Strength Through Sound: Helicopters in Vietnam
Greetings, all and sundry! I would like to thank Michael for the opportunity to broach and examine a topic that may seem odd to some. Though…
Read articleTMT: Ballrooming
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Credit for this one goes to my blogging colleague,…
Read articleeBm: Favorite “Bond, James Bond.” Introductions
Okay, it’s now 2013 and there’s no Bond film on the immediate horizon. Argh! Perhaps, I’m merely venting my hangover from last year’s 50th anniversary celebration…
Read articleSon of Danse Macabre eBook Review
“Horror is defined by most as a subsection of the Fantasy genre, though I prefer Neil Gaiman’s metaphor of horror and fantasy as sister cities with…
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