Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 6
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of…
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Banks are financial institutions. Serving a purpose in our economic infrastructure that involve withdrawals, deposits, loans, investment, and exchanges of currency. Yes, like just about everyone else, I hate them,…
Reblogged » James Garner dies; actor changed what a hero could be like – LA Times
James Garner dies; actor changed what a hero could be like – LA Times.
James Garner, April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014
From Maverick to Rockford, his hilarious Dr. Gerald Boyer to the serious Dr. Joe Cardin, ranging easily from Wyatt Earp to Philip Marlowe to Hendley ‘The…
Reblogged » James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 – NYTimes.com
James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 – NYTimes.com.
Same Song, Different Movie: This Must Be The Place by David Byrne & Talking Heads
This is the next entry in a series from 2012 that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, in movies. Specifically, in…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 5
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of…
Friday Forgotten Song: A Song of Joy by Miguel Rios
Serving as a prelude to what’s coming next in the summer music series I’ve going, let’s examine one of the truly forgotten songs of the ’70s. A…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 4
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of…
66. Moonstruck
Originally posted on Wonders in the Dark:
By J.D. Lafrance It took a Canadian filmmaker to make Moonstruck (1987), the quintessential Italian-American romantic comedy from a…
Happy 4th of July!
Perfect thoughts for the holiday by Vickie Lester. BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD Good Nightby Carl Sandburg (from Smoke and Steel, 1920)Many ways to say good night. Fireworks at…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 3
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
A Summer Place: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online reading…
The Bourne Identity Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return to close not only the month, but the first half of 2014. Where the Hell has the year…
TMT: Bourne Again
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun right here. Since Rachel and I have reviews loading into…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 2
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of…
My Favorite Films of a Master Character Actor: Eli Wallach
Yesterday, with passing of one of the true master character actors TV and film has ever known, Eli Wallach, I had to put something together. For the…
Guest Post » Forgotten Sci-Fi Gem: Silent Running (1972)
Greetings all and sundry; Alternately enduring and enjoying a sudden increase in temperature and humidity. I’ve taken to the back yard and clearing long forgotten corners…
TMT: “My divorce! When do I get my divorce!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. For this recollection of my wayward youth, care of the…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 1
I’ve had an iPod in my life since Steve Jobs released the dang thing in late-2001. Coming up on a number I always note, 13, as in…
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