Friday Forgotten Film – The Siege of Firebase Gloria
DiNardo: “This is insanity.” Hafner: “This is effective. Charlie’s got this valley by the balls. Won’t nobody step out of line around here.” The “war film”…
TMT: Center shot
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since Rachel and I have parallel reviews on our respective blogs…
Decades Blogathon – The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Note: The following was my contribution to this week’s Decades Blogathon, which Mark and Tom generously hosted, and reprinted here with their permission. Senator: “The war’s over. Our side won the…
Decades Blogathon – The Outlaw Josey Wales
Originally posted on three rows back:
It’s day four of the Decades Blogathon – 6 edition – hosted by myself and the awesome Tom from Digital…
TMT: “I reckon so.”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Hard to believe it’s been a year since my…
Favorite Scene: George Lassos the Moon – It’s a Wonderful Life
The annual joy of last week’s TCM Classic Film Festival granted moi a welcomed chance to revisit an all-time favorite film of mine. One I never tire…
The Laughing Policeman Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return for another movie that began its life between a book cover for our parallel post series. In…
My Leap Year TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule
Next week, this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival begins its grandeur come Thursday, the 28th. Once more hosted as it has been in the prime location of the…
TMT: “King me!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since we’re visiting the year 2004 this week, and…
That ‘Deer, Meet Headlights’ Moment
Y’know, when I screw up, I do it extraordinarily well. Yes, you’re probably detecting a bit of pride as I write that, and it shouldn’t even…
Opening Titles and Song: Dark Shadows (2012)
After mentioning his under-appreciated work in another post earlier in the week, I’ll conclude with the film’s opening titles. Just for the Hell of it. Tim Burton’s…
Same Song, Different Movie: Theme From A Summer Place by Max Steiner
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,…
Spring Fling: 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…
The Joy Luck Club 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 series1.…
Opening Titles and Song: Sharky’s Machine (1981)
Sometimes, there is an unexpected inception to a movie, like in a certain action star’s self-directed and underappreciated thriller from the early ’80s. Where the accompanying…
Friday Song & Cover: Classical Gas by Mason Williams, Vanessa-Mae
Friend and colleague Jeff Vaca highlighted this uniquely ’60s musical gem almost three years ago. Another instrumental from a decade dotted with them, Mason Williams‘ Classical…
Guest Post » Cinematic Rebels, Tough Guys, Rugged Individualists, Thugs And Creeps!
Greetings All and Sundry! Please allow me the opportunity to explode the myths that I may have been abducted by Agents of SMERSH (“Smert Spioman: “Death…
George Kennedy – A Two Film Tribute
This week, and we’ve had a seemingly endless spate of them, has seen another well-known, admired, and beloved actor of TV and film leave this mortal…
Like Water For Chocolate Film Review
Leap day, February 29th, is a date that only occurs, obviously, during Leap Years — an annum that is evenly divisible by 4. As we’ve done on occasion…
Kill City Blues Audiobook Review
Since I don’t write book or audiobook reviews at anything close to a regular rate, I thought to get one out before 2016 was more than…
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