The Legend Ends in IMAX
Since I’ll be seating in an IMAX theater today watching Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film, no real post will be coming forth today (plus, it’s been…
TMT: In Another Galaxy at The Chinese
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Leave it to my good friend, author John Kenneth Muir, for finally getting me to put this one online. His stellar commemoration piece from Wednesday, Memory Bank: Waiting in Line to see Star Wars (1977), is not to be missed, and includes images of those times that served as the spur for this download of mine:
“But, in my heart, I suppose I do understand why some fans chose to stand in line awaiting a new release in the popular old franchise. Standing-in-line is a communal experience first, one allowing fans to connect to other Star Wars fans and to plug-in to the community’s sense of enthusiasm and excitement And secondly, standing-in-line now likely qualifies as a nostalgic experience for older fans, at least for ones of my (advanced) age.”
Reblogged » Don Winslow’s Top 5 Crime Novels
Last week, Publishers Weekly got Don Winslow, who as they say has “… had a busy summer. His prequel to Savages, The Kings of Cool, published last month, and the Oliver Stone-directed film based on Savages just hit theaters…”, to share his top 5 favorite crime novels with them.
TMT: Greased is the More Like It
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. I have to thank my blogging colleague Jeff over…
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Sports
Previous: Mystery This is the continuation of a series I began in January of this year that examines and remarks on The American Film Institute and its recent propensity to create…
Reblogged: David Pogue’s Behind the Dancing Matt Videos
Reblogged: Behind the Dancing Matt Videos – NYTimes.com. “Matt Harding was a video-game designer in his early 20s, traveling the world. On a whim, he put together…
TMT: We Dared
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since I highlighted this crowd-pleaser of an action movie,…
TMT: It’s Just Different Here
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As I’ve already noted, these remembrances should not and…
The Black Dahlia Film Review
As the first half of 2012 reaches its end, it is becoming harder to take stock of the year, what with the speed of it all.…
Stuff Running ‘Round My Head: Songs of Summer, #1 – “I’m Not in Love” (1975)
My Northern California colleague, Jeff Vaca of the Stuff Running ‘Round My Head, is a wonderful blogger who covers many of the popular arts that have kept my interest through the decades. His views on music regularly either have me nodding in agreement, or opening my eyes to tunes I’ve forgotten or ignored.
Rob Roy: The Rut of the Sword Part 2
This is the concluding piece to the first half of my appreciation of a film that I, like others, hold dear. I credit author Steven Hart and his…
Rob Roy: The Rut of the Sword Part 1
Fair warning: the tone of the article is more frank than my usual. Note: I’d been thinking of writing this piece for a while, but credit…
TMT: So This is Why We Call It The Blockbuster
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. My colleague Iba from I Luv Cinema, byway of his May 31st post, gets the credit, along with the upcoming Universal 100th Anniversary release of the remastered Blu-ray Disc of a landmark movie, for this memory download. The root reason the summer is the studios’ box office money-maker, and why us movie patrons take for granted, with all the matter-of-fact-ness we can muster, queuing for up for such things, is because of one Steven Spielberg film.
TMT: Hush, hush
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time series that was begun here. Since I am in the backstretch of my Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 arc, this month looking at the Mystery genre, it’s almost now a tradition I chronicle one of its selections in this series. My #1 pick of Chinatown was one of my early entries from last year. So, it’s fitting that the next memory I record here is one that I linked with that exceptional film.
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Mystery
Previous: Fantasy This is the continuation of a series I began in January of this year that examines and remarks on The American Film Institute and its recent propensity to create Top…
TMT: SAS of the Lambs
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. As usual, sometimes it is someone else that causes…
One for the Dance Floor: Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock
Song Title: Incense and Peppermints Sung by: Strawberry Alarm Clock Released: May 1967 Recorded: 1967 (Los Angeles, California) Genre: Psychedelic Pop Length: 2:37 Label: UNI Records…
The Whistleblower Film Review
Heading into the last month of Spring and the first of Summer is always a juncture where I begin an accounting, of sorts. An attempt in…
TMT: “Good!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. I’d been holding this one back for a while,…
Same Song, Different Movie: Gayne’s Adagio by Aram Khachaturian
Continuing my thoughts from February regarding the use of song in film, “needle dropped” tunes are not officially considered part of a film score — those orchestral, choral, or instrumental pieces some consider background music. I think both are utilized as cues by filmmakers for a specific purpose or to elicit certain reactions by the audience. I’m fascinated by this in general, and movie soundtracks have specifically intrigued me.
It Rains... You Get Wet 