Recently, Spike TV rolled out its two-hour “I Am Bruce Lee” documentary special (with more than passing references to the Ultimate Fighting Championship stable) earlier this month. It made me think back to the original and iconic Bruce Lee, someone I’ve long admired (and still ponder about from time to time). Then, I thought of the more recent martial arts movie hero (even though he’s pretty much kicking back from big screen martial arts film these days), Jet Li.
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Two things brought me to this memory. First, since I…
Previous: Courtroom Drama 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…
Every so often, I contribute celebratory articles over at my blogging colleague’s site, Edward Copeland on Film… and More. And with his best concert film, Richard Pryor…
Previous: Recommended Listening As I finish my look at the wonderful gift my bride of 23 years gave me for our recent wedding anniversary, this is the…
Previous: Recommended Reading As I continue my look at the wonderful gift my bride of 23 years gave me for our recent wedding anniversary, this is…
I consider myself pretty damn lucky for a number of reasons. I have a wonderful family and live in a place where I’d want to move,…
Continuing my thoughts from last month regarding the use of song in film, I’ll reiterate some that I’ve previously said. “Needle dropped” tunes are not considered…
Leap day, February 29th, is a date that only occurs, obviously, during Leap Years — those annum that are evenly divisible by 4. Seems like the perfect occasion…
Film soundtracks represent a convergence in a pair of arts I’ve devoted a lot of time toward — that of movies and music. Film scores on the…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun in May 2011. In staying with the unexpected film theme I find myself in this week, I offer up another related post for a certain 2004 Michael Mann work.
In honor of The Academy Awards this Sunday, my dear friend Ruth over a Flixchatter is doing a mini-blog-a-thon for the occasion. In looking at Best Pictures…
When a master of any particular genre returns to it, it’s usually to the satisfaction of the fans of that maestro or the genre. Thankfully, such…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this is the second of two posts on the Courtroom Dramas for February (and the only two I saw on the big screen from my top 10 list). Coincidentally, they occurred in the same month of December, 10 years apart.
“Get me the President on the phone. We’re surrendering our position in Cuba!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I am continuing my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this…
Previous: Epics 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…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As mentioned in a previous TMT entry from last…
« Part 1 Many times, I write in reaction to others. And what I write about is supposed to be across the popular arts. Of late,…
Many times, I write in reaction to others. And what I write about is supposed to be across the popular arts. Of late, that’s been film,…
Last month, Ronan Wright‘s guest appearance help kicked off the blogging year for this site in unexpected ways. His wonderful Five Ways to be a Happier Blogger…
It Rains... You Get Wet 