Opening Titles: Shōgun (2024)
Having just completed FX’s Shōgun series more than a week ago, color me mighty impressed. Its critical success had me thinking back on the series and…
One for the Dance Floor: Tired of Being Alone by Al Green
Song Title: Tired of Being Alone Sung by: Al Green Released: June 14, 1971 Recorded: 1971 Genre: Soul Length: 2:43 Label: Hi (45-2194) Writer(s): Al Green…
Closing Song and Scene: Steve Jobs (2015)
As I’ve finished another viewing of what’s probably my favorite Danny Boyle film, thought to give this an appreciation via a specific aspect of the film.…
TMT: The Spice Must Flow
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Having just finished Ryan Britt’s splendid treatise, The Spice…
Two for the Gloaming – Robert Benton’s PI Tandem
“You’d think with all that that the world would lose its power to seduce, but you’d be wrong.” ~ Harry Ross Funny what we glom on…
Favorite Scene: Interrogation Intrigue – Tequila Sunrise
As I’ve noted elsewhere, every year, usually over the summer, “…I make it a point to watch one of my favorite movies, Robert Towne‘s Tequila Sunrise.…
One for the Dance Floor: Get Ready by Rare Earth
Song Title: Get Ready Sung by: Rare Earth Released: February 18, 1970 Recorded: 1969, Hitsville (Detroit, Michigan) Genre: Psychedelic Soul Length: 2:48 (21:32 album cut) Label:…
TMT: Sometimes a Great Movie
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Hard to believe I’ve any memories left for movies…
Ran (1985)
Ran (乱, translation: “chaos” or “turmoil”) In the past few years, besides having less time than usual, let alone a pandemic to deal with even if…
One for the Dance Floor: I’m Your Puppet by James & Bobby Purify
Song Title: I’m Your Puppet Sung by: James & Bobby Purify Released: September 1966 Recorded: 1966, FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama Genre: Soul Length: 2:59…
Book Review – The Beatles 100
Ever since I began reading books about my all-time favorite group, have searched out for those that didn’t exactly regurgitate the same stories. Or, if they…
My Top 13 Favorite Pop Instrumentals of the 1990s
This is the final installment of a series that began in September, which was sparked by the Tom Nawrocki post of his favorite pop instrumentals. Got…
Opening Titles and Song: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
As we’re now knee-deep into what I refer to as The Slide1, am trying to clean out my drafts bin before the year runs out. This…
My Top 13 Favorite Pop Instrumentals of the 1980s
This is the continuance of the series began a few weeks back following an idea sparked by the Tom Nawrocki post of his favorite pop instrumentals.…
Opening Titles and Song: The Dead Zone (1983)
As I’ve done in past Halloween seasons, have written some appreciative pieces for a few opening titles sequences involving cinema’s darker fare. Today, it’s for one…
My Top 13 Favorite Pop Instrumentals of the 1970s
This is the continuance of the series I began a couple of weeks ago, following an idea sparked by the Tom Nawrocki post of his favorite…
My Top 13 Favorite Pop Instrumentals of the 1960s
The other day, I came across a 2015 blog post by Tom Nawrocki of his favorite pop instrumentals, which I also recommend reading. Still, it got…
Book Review – HEAT 2 by Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner
Anyone who knows me, for that matter this blog, could easily foresee that the first novel by the renowned director-producer-screenwriter, Michael Mann, would have been so…
Opening Titles and Song: The Big Country (1958)
Here’s hoping we truly are in a better place at stemming the spread of COVID-191 as more of us have returned to watching movies once again…
The Last Duel (2021)
“My father told me my life would be blessed with good fortune. I’m married. I was a good wife. And then I was judged and shammed…
It Rains... You Get Wet 