TMT: “Help me get my feet back on the ground”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The following was inspired by attending last weekend’s screening…
Same Song, Different Movie: Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack
This is the next entry in a series from early 2012 that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, in movies. Specifically,…
Reblogged » Bond Directors: Licence to List – #Bond_age_
Been a while since the blog has done a post dedicated to the longest running movie series in history. Since I’m attending the re-screening of the…
Yes, I’ll Have the Garlic – A SLIFR Mid-Summer Back-to-School 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…
TMT: “I know life is short…whatever time you get is luck.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Rarely, I do revisit films through a new experience,…
Guest Post » Hollywood’s Rugged Individualists, Thugs and Creeps Part 2
Welcome all and Sundry. To this closing installment of a very intriguing three post arc covering different “types” of characters demanded in film. And those few…
Guest Post » Hollywood’s Rugged Individualists, Thugs and Creeps Part 1
Welcome all and Sundry. To this closing installment of a very intriguing three post arc covering different “types” of characters demanded in film. And those few…
The Three (Four) Musketeers Film Review
Perhaps, we should call this “the summer is almost over” Duo Post. Heck, people are already weighing in on who won the summer of 2016. All…
My 13 Favorite Robert De Niro Movie Pairings
If there’s been any actor of the last few decades who has had a larger impact than Robert De Niro, there can’t be many1. Since the…
Opening Titles and Song: Heat (1995)
Time again for my annual screening of a film that continues to mean so much to me. If it didn’t, why use a key character quote…
Opening Titles and Song: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Second bites of the apple are always warranted if the film is significant…special in other words. Such is the case with my favorite John Landis film…
Best Album Covers: Ladies of the Canyon
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…
Best Album Covers: Meet the Beatles
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…
52 Pick-Up Film Review
We’re not exactly in the dog days of summer as yet, but the heat is certainly building up already. Maybe it’s telling that our next entry…
Guest Post » Cinematic Tough Guys and Rugged Individualists
Greetings all and sundry! Having gone a bit long and broad in my previous critique of Cinematic Rebels. This next journey of exploration may come up…
L13FC: Authors Whose Books Become Films
Originally posted on Cindy Bruchman:
Hello, guests and friends! The excellent Michael the Leopard13 from It Rains…You Get Wet and I welcome you to the July 13…
Summer Storms: Year of Bests – 2016
A few years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up…
Life of Pi Film Review
Now that we’ve blown past the summer solstice (or winter’s for those down under), the second half of the year is just over the horizon. Like…
Opening Titles and Song: Life of Pi
Inasmuch as tomorrow is simultaneously the last day of June, representing the final hours of the first-half of the year, as well as the publishing date…
TMT: “Be afraid…be very afraid.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Blogger Hammy Reviews inspired this memory download by reminding…
It Rains... You Get Wet 