What is it with Thanksgiving, and Movies? — Part 2
About a dozen years ago, I posted on today’s holiday and its relationship to the movies in my life.
Yes, I’ll Have the Garlic – A SLIFR Mid-Summer Back-to-School 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…
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…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 11
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
A Summer Place: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online reading…
Andy Williams (1927 – 2012) and Grandma
Being born in the 50s but raised during the 60s, it’s almost a given my musical roots would look to Elvis, The Beatles, and Rock ‘n…
A Few Words for Charade
Since I went and included the work in my recent Versus AFI Top 10 Romantic Comedies piece, I thought a few words for one film was warranted. Though I never saw it in a movie theater setting (something I regret to this very day), the film remains one of my all-time favorites, and an annual screening in our household. It is Stanley Donen’s still highly underrated Charade.
Versus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Romantic Comedy
Previous: Western 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…
It Rains... You Get Wet 