66. Moonstruck
Originally posted on Wonders in the Dark:
By J.D. Lafrance It took a Canadian filmmaker to make Moonstruck (1987), the quintessential Italian-American romantic comedy from a…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 3
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
The Bourne Identity Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return to close not only the month, but the first half of 2014. Where the Hell has the year…
TMT: Bourne Again
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun right here. Since Rachel and I have reviews loading into…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 2
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of…
My Favorite Films of a Master Character Actor: Eli Wallach
Yesterday, with passing of one of the true master character actors TV and film has ever known, Eli Wallach, I had to put something together. For the…
Guest Post » Forgotten Sci-Fi Gem: Silent Running (1972)
Greetings all and sundry; Alternately enduring and enjoying a sudden increase in temperature and humidity. I’ve taken to the back yard and clearing long forgotten corners…
TMT: “My divorce! When do I get my divorce!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. For this recollection of my wayward youth, care of the…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 1
I’ve had an iPod in my life since Steve Jobs released the dang thing in late-2001. Coming up on a number I always note, 13, as in…
Reblogged » Elmore’s Favorite Westerns
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TMT: Rated-R
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. It’s no secret, Joe Dante’s Trailers From Hell is…
TMT: “The Wrath of…Who?”
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TMT: Magnificent Serendipity
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. One of my favorite sites to haunt online, whether…
Empire of the Sun Film Review
We’re back. The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I, post-Memorial Day, will close the month with a war film that began its life between a book cover. By…
Sky Above – The Enemy Below
As this is the Memorial Day holiday, I’ve made a habit of watching war films in remembrance of the men and women who died serving this country. Two of Powell’s were such, and very good films as a matter of fact. Since my colleague Kevin highlighted one last year in a guest post, The Hunters (1958), I’ll promote his first that preceded it. The supremely underrated, The Enemy Below (1957).
THEM!
Originally posted on Outspoken & Freckled:
It’s the dry, sandy desert of the New Mexico landscape of the 1950’s. A small plane circles above in radio…
Opening Titles and Song: L.A. Confidential
Whenever the calendar resets, I start to drift back to those films that garner annual viewings in my household. I’m usually the one that leads this…
Reprise » Favorite Movies of L.A.
More than four years ago, seems like only yesterday for some of us, my local ally Pop Culture Nerd linked her readers, and her L.A. Times Festival of…
Reblogged » The Thing Alternative Posters – Films – ShortList Magazine
Reblogged: The Thing Alternative Posters – Films – ShortList Magazine. The clever folk at ShortList Magazine posted on another seminal John Carpenter flick, The Thing. Examining…
TMT: “I want to escape from wherever this is.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series begun here. “Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in.”…
It Rains... You Get Wet 