Atonement Film Review
Picking up where 2013 (along with my collaborator and I) skipped over, we’re back for another go. Seriously, this year has had its share of poignant…
Liebster’d Never Gets Old
A week and day ago Aurora, of the fine Once upon a screen… site, bestowed on moi my third installment of the Liebster Award. My first and…
Guest Post: In Which We Serve: (1942)
Greeting all and sundry! After many years of watching and enjoying films and television. I have come to the conclusion that the Brits do some things…
No Wonder My Allergies Are Raging Springtime 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…
Reblogged: Oscars 2013 – James Bond’s not-so-secret life on the charts
Randy Lewis, writing for the L.A. Times, in prep for “… the motion picture academy’s salute to James Bond coming up at the Oscars on Sunday“,…
31 Days of Oscar – Recant This! Recasting Oscar’s Picks: the 90s
The blogathon masters Paula, Kellee, and Aurora are at it again. They’ve come up with the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon. Their blogging goal is to get down in writing any…
Best Album Covers: A Start
A couple of years ago writer Rob O’Connor, penning a column for Yahoo Music, posted a dead-on article that related on a subject I have a…
The Hot Rock Film Review
A brand spanking new year, 2013, and we’re already one month down. Almost. The last day in January means it is time once more to restart…
Guest Post – Sweaty Men in Film
Greetings, all and sundry! It isn’t often that circumstances, however odd fall into place so serendipitously. As to nudge a thought from the back of my…
You Know How to Love Me: An Appreciation of Phyllis Hyman
Like anyone else, I’m tied to the era that spawn me. This readily applies to the music I listen to, as well. My wife more than once…
Same Song, Different Movie: This Town by Lee Hazlewood
This is the next entry in a series from early last year that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, in movies.…
Reblogged » Radiator Heaven: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Reblogged » Radiator Heaven: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Today, my good friend J.D. over at his Radiator Heaven blog reprised his most excellent look…
Guest Post – Communicating Strength Through Sound: Helicopters in Vietnam
Greetings, all and sundry! I would like to thank Michael for the opportunity to broach and examine a topic that may seem odd to some. Though…
TMT: Ballrooming
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Credit for this one goes to my blogging colleague,…
Same Song, Different Movie: Fly Me To The Moon by Bart Howard
This is the continuation of a series from early last year that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, used in movies…
Son of Danse Macabre eBook Review
“Horror is defined by most as a subsection of the Fantasy genre, though I prefer Neil Gaiman’s metaphor of horror and fantasy as sister cities with…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.…
Seasonal Cheer via Art & Song
Some in-laws sent a link our way and we enjoyed it so much I thought to share. All care of cartoonist Joshua Held, it redeployed The Drifters‘ absolutely…
Reprise: “No, I’m visiting relatives.” — Get Carter at 40
This film post, a reprise of a celebratory piece I wrote for Edward Copeland’s blog over a year ago for this stellar British crime film on its…
It Rains... You Get Wet 