Reprise » Heroic Silhouette Images in Film
My good friend and movie blogger, J.D. from RADIATOR HEAVEN, tagged me with a meme awhile back. One that made the rounds in 2010, and naturally close to my…
TFH: Alan Spencer on A Fish Called Wanda
The good folks over at Joe Dante’s Trailers From Hell site gave screenwriter/producer Alan Spencer a platform to espouse on the greatness for one of my favorite comedies,…
Guest Post » More Notable Nuggets: Pontypool (2009) and The Killing Room (2009)
Greetings, all and sundry! Enjoying a well earned respite during this encouraging change in weather and temperatures. I’ve returned to the fertile field of independent offerings…
Union Station at 75: Still in the Hearts of L.A. & the Movies
New York City’s Penn Station may be larger, certainly busier, and Chicago’s version the midway hub for rail traffic spreading out to all parts of the U.S.,…
Misery Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I are back to close out April with another movie title that began its life between a book cover for…
TMT: Misery’s Return
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. The following memory download came by way of this…
The Third Man
Originally posted on Riding the High Country:
Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years…
Guest Post » Consummate Character Actor: Saul Rubinek
Greetings all and sundry! Having taken a brief while experiencing weather change from arctic to damp, drizzly wet and cold to the first hints of spring.…
Scene & Song: Jackie Brown and Strawberry Letter 23
There’s a reason the above movie poster is affixed to my closet door. Well, two actually. The second is it covers a crack on said door…
The Name of the Rose Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I rejoin for another movie title that began its life between a book cover for our parallel post series.…
Reblogged » Jackie Brown Movie Review & Film Summary (1997) | Roger Ebert
Remembering why I loved to read Roger Ebert’s reviews, whether I agreed with him or not. And when I did, and it’s for one of my favorite films, Jackie Brown, it just doesn’t get a better.
Reprise » In Tight Places
I don’t know at what age I realized it — nor what spurred or even caused it — but I suffer from the irrational fear of…
Same Song, Different Movie: Don’t Worry Baby by Brian Wilson & Roger Christian
Sharing similarities in key and melody with the famous Phil Spector-produced work, Don’t Worry Baby was primarily about duos. The singer about to race a rival, drag racing in relevance to his girlfriend, and the heart and soul relationship existing between the girl and singer. It’s why, after a good number of years, the song continues to work well with lovers. In this case, Wilson’s longtime hit from 1964 was used in a tender, harmonious context for two different movies, song versions, and the manner deployed in a pair of scenes.
Opening Titles: Déjà Vu
With the passing of Tony Scott in 2012 still kind of shocking, looking back on his films remains the best tribute for this artist, I think.…
Guest Post » Classic British Gangster Film: The Long Good Friday (1980)
Greetings all and sundry. Favorite films either fall in your lap due to the serendipity of being in the right place at the right time. Or…
Saturday Night Movies…The Late TV Kind
Whereas my mother’s family introduced me to the movies as a wee youngster, landing me on this road of appreciating the art form, let alone blogging…
TMT: Sneaking In When You’re Out
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. For this memory download1, I finally follow-up on something…
I Am Legend Film Review
As I’ve reached a milestone this week, February has finally begun to act like…well, February. The normally cold and wet time for us in the southland befits…
Reprise: Mr. & Mrs.
It’s the facets of wedlock, the rubber meets the road variety, and all the little things about marriage, this story absolutely nails on the big screen.
Reprise » “Fer Shur”… It’s an ’80 Thing
A few years ago, the film blogger over at Colonel Mortimer Will Have His Revenge wrapped up his 1980 Project. A personal proposal begun a few years back, my…
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