My generous colleague, Ruth of Flixchatter, kicks off her countdown this week for likely the most anticipated film of the year, Man of Steel. She offered moi a chance to contribute to the endeavor, as well, since we’re both big fans of the progenitor of the modern comic hero film, Superman, The Movie. That’ll come on Thursday. Today is my appreciation for one of my favorites (and all-time best). Its opening title sequence.
An outstanding, personal piece that really makes me even more pumped for the upcoming Man of Steel, as well as wanting to re-screen this ’78 superhero…
Simply awesome. Blogger Terri Wilson placing all of my friend and author John Kenneth Muir’s #StarTrekWeek postings in one place. Generous, and can I say awesome…
Originally posted on Paragraph Film Reviews:
As part of JAPANORAMA I am inviting fellow movie sites to join in. This one is a double-whammy from Michael…
“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…
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).
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.…
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).
Originally posted on Paragraph Film Reviews:
As part of the JAPANORAMA feature I am inviting fellow movie sites to join in. This post is from Michael…
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…
Ruth has added to my iPod with her post. A haunting, beautiful track lovingly rendered through Lana Del Rey’s vocal. I keep playing this. Lyrics I’ve…
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).
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…
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…
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return to the series we begun all the way back in 2010. This time taking on a…
Originally posted on Backlots:
By Lara Gabrielle Fowler Well readers, the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival has come to a close. It has been a busy…
Since my duo post colleague and I will be looking at this 2005 film next week, I thought to highlight an aspect some have overlooked. Hostage‘s…
Originally posted on Seetimaar-Diary of a Movie Lover:
Howard Hawks, a name that evokes to me memories of a group of hunters, chasing down a rhino…
Earlier this month, the epically awesome Natasha of the grand Film and Things blog, bestowed upon moi the Epically Awesome Award of Epic Awesomeness. Who am…
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…
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