Friday Song: No Mystery by Return to Forever
I’ve written of my Jazz Fusion experience during the ’70s of late. To an extent, that’s ignored other genres explored during that same decade. I’ll leave…
TMT: “Did you leave a cigarette burning?”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Byway of yesterday’s TMT, my blogging colleague, Dan of Fogs Movie Review, made a special request for another disaster film (not to be confused with a disastrous movie) to be a featured in a memory download. I was only too happy to comply.
“For what it’s worth, architect, this is one building I figured would never burn.”
TMT: Earthquake!!!
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The following was inspired by fellow SoCal blogging colleague, Arlee…
Drive-In Royalty
Originally posted on Technicolor Dreams:
While working on my Saturday Nite Drive-In show, I’ve been putting together a section to highlight American International Pictures’ BEACH PARTY…
Guest Post – Neo Noir Gem: Bad Company (1995)
Greeting all and sundry! I would like to thank Michael for the opportunity to proffer a topic that has filled hours of late night, after dinner…
Ebert’s Sight and Sound Film Poll
Comparing the late-Roger Ebert’s Top Ten polls 30 years apart [c/o the video essay by Kevin B. Lee, the editor of Press Play and Slate contributor;…
“Thank you. For…
“Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and…
John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Tribute: Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013)
Reblogged: John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Tribute: Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013). Friend and author John Kenneth Muir expresses what I can’t.…
Roger Ebert dead at 70 – chicagotribune.com
Roger Ebert dead at 70 – chicagotribune.com. I have no words for this. May he rest in peace.
TMT: Last of the Living Rooms
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The other day, okay… it was Easter, I took…
The Winter Crop: Year of Bests – 2013
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…
Atonement Film Review
Picking up where 2013 (along with my collaborator and I) skipped over, we’re back for another go. Seriously, this year has had its share of poignant…
Friday Song: Time and Love by Tom Scott
I’ve already stated the 70s was a period of transition with my music listening habits. Covered here as it pertained to an influential work that got me into…
If it’s Springtime, Why Is It Still Cold Outside Movie Quiz
Originally posted on Paula's Cinema Club:
Warning: this is no lightweight quiz. Extreme brainwracking may occur! Professor McGonagall approves. My friend Michael of It Rains…You…
Best Album Covers: Rage Against the Machine
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…
Plans
Plans… people make them. We’re seemingly prisoners to plans. As close as I can lock down, I became aware of that around age 20. My father…
Liebster’d Never Gets Old
A week and day ago Aurora, of the fine Once upon a screen… site, bestowed on moi my third installment of the Liebster Award. My first and…
Guest Post: In Which We Serve: (1942)
Greeting all and sundry! After many years of watching and enjoying films and television. I have come to the conclusion that the Brits do some things…
No Wonder My Allergies Are Raging Springtime Movie Quiz
Writer Dennis Cozzalio, he of the wonderfully titled Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule site, is well-regarded for his in-depth knowledge and thoughtful essays he gladly shares…
It Rains... You Get Wet 