Reblogged » Mr. Peel’s Sardine Liqueur: To Have A Soul
Reblogged » To Have A Soul over at Mr. Peel’s Sardine Liqueur. Yesterday, Michael Parent, writing for Anomalous Material, included the underrated film Bullitt by the late Peter Yates in his…
TMT: Movie at the Turn
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Credit for this one goes to my NoCal brethren blogger mummbles, of the Rantings site. He wrote the following in a comment to my last TMT post concerning a certain film (and series):
“Like I said before I am very envious of anyone alive who enjoyed movies at this time. I am not without a similar experience, in 1999 I went to LA and saw Episode I at the exact same theater…”
The Legend Ends in IMAX
Since I’ll be seating in an IMAX theater today watching Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film, no real post will be coming forth today (plus, it’s been…
TMT: In Another Galaxy at The Chinese
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Leave it to my good friend, author John Kenneth Muir, for finally getting me to put this one online. His stellar commemoration piece from Wednesday, Memory Bank: Waiting in Line to see Star Wars (1977), is not to be missed, and includes images of those times that served as the spur for this download of mine:
“But, in my heart, I suppose I do understand why some fans chose to stand in line awaiting a new release in the popular old franchise. Standing-in-line is a communal experience first, one allowing fans to connect to other Star Wars fans and to plug-in to the community’s sense of enthusiasm and excitement And secondly, standing-in-line now likely qualifies as a nostalgic experience for older fans, at least for ones of my (advanced) age.”
Reblogged » Don Winslow’s Top 5 Crime Novels
Last week, Publishers Weekly got Don Winslow, who as they say has “… had a busy summer. His prequel to Savages, The Kings of Cool, published last month, and the Oliver Stone-directed film based on Savages just hit theaters…”, to share his top 5 favorite crime novels with them.
TMT: Greased is the More Like It
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. I have to thank my blogging colleague Jeff over…
35 in One Place
The number … follows 34 and precedes 36. … is XXXV in Roman numeral. … is the highest number one can count to on one’s fingers,…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Sports
Previous: Mystery 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…
Reblogged: David Pogue’s Behind the Dancing Matt Videos
Reblogged: Behind the Dancing Matt Videos – NYTimes.com. “Matt Harding was a video-game designer in his early 20s, traveling the world. On a whim, he put together…
TMT: We Dared
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I highlighted this crowd-pleaser of an action movie,…
Trailers From Hell: Brian Trenchard-Smith on ‘Where Eagles Dare’
Reblogged from The Trailers From Hell! Where Eagles Dare: “World War II meets James Bond. Elliot Kastner’s action-packed, enduringly popular superproduction was filmed on various impressive Austrian…
Trailers From Hell: Allan Arkush on ‘His Girl Friday’
Reblogged from The Trailers From Hell! His Girl Friday: “One of the greatest newspaper pictures ever (can there be many more in our future?), Howard Hawks’ gender-bending…
How (200 + 4) / 2 = 2012: Year of Bests
As I mentioned in April, last year I did not have a chance to publish a year-end piece on those blog articles I read and most…
TMT: It’s Just Different Here
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As I’ve already noted, these remembrances should not and…
The Black Dahlia Film Review
As the first half of 2012 reaches its end, it is becoming harder to take stock of the year, what with the speed of it all.…
Elvis & Joe in Audiobook: TAKEN
Awhile back, the thirteenth book in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novels by Robert Crais inspired a series at my old blog. It examined each…
Stuff Running ‘Round My Head: Songs of Summer, #1 – “I’m Not in Love” (1975)
My Northern California colleague, Jeff Vaca of the Stuff Running ‘Round My Head, is a wonderful blogger who covers many of the popular arts that have kept my interest through the decades. His views on music regularly either have me nodding in agreement, or opening my eyes to tunes I’ve forgotten or ignored.
Rob Roy: The Rut of the Sword Part 2
This is the concluding piece to the first half of my appreciation of a film that I, like others, hold dear. I credit author Steven Hart and his…
Rob Roy: The Rut of the Sword Part 1
Fair warning: the tone of the article is more frank than my usual. Note: I’d been thinking of writing this piece for a while, but credit…
TMT: So This is Why We Call It The Blockbuster
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. My colleague Iba from I Luv Cinema, byway of his May 31st post, gets the credit, along with the upcoming Universal 100th Anniversary release of the remastered Blu-ray Disc of a landmark movie, for this memory download. The root reason the summer is the studios’ box office money-maker, and why us movie patrons take for granted, with all the matter-of-fact-ness we can muster, queuing for up for such things, is because of one Steven Spielberg film.
It Rains... You Get Wet 