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…
Same Song, Different Movie: Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
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,…
Reblogged: 10 reasons Deadpool movie won me over
Source: 10 reasons Deadpool movie won me over For the record, Yes, I am a fan of the blogger extraordinaire Ruth of Flixchatter, but that’s not…
Friday Song & Cover: La Bamba by Ritchie Valens, Los Lobos
Given that a sad anniversary, the 57th, graced us this week, should be no surprise that we’d reflect back to it in some way or another.…
Edge of Tomorrow Film Review
It’s January, normally a cold and wet time for us in the southland, the opposite for those like the Scientist Gone Wordy who live in the southern hemisphere.…
TMT: “Now that was really close!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. We’re well into 2016, which is astonishing given how quickly…
Reblogged – John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Tribute: Alan Rickman (1946 – 2016)
Source: John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Tribute: Alan Rickman (1946 – 2016) I’m really getting quite distressed waking to such sad…
On the Lookout for Books and Movies 2016 Poll Results
As put forward back in November, having just completed another parallel post season with my partner Rachel, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy, we followed up with the same…
Winter’s Tail: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
On the Lookout for Books and Movies Poll 2016
As put forward last month, having just completed another parallel post season with my partner Rachel, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy, we’re going back to the notion we did last year.…
My Top 13 Forgotten Crime Gems
I don’t know what it is about crime movies. Found I’ve watched and enjoyed a lot of them…and still do. Fairly regularly. Yes, I still manage…
On the Lookout for Books and Movies 2016
Having just completed another parallel post season with my partner Rachel, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy, we’re going back to the notion we did last year. In the past, around…
Why I Say That About, “The Mist”
Last week, I responded with my set of answers to another enjoyable movie quiz via the blog with the catchy title, Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule, run by good…
Zodiac Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I will conclude the 2015 review season with today’s entry before taking a short break from this parallel post series of…
Opening Titles and Song: Zodiac (2007)
Since we’ll be piercing the layers of Robert Graysmith’s book that documented the onslaught of a serial murderer in the Bay area during the ’60s and ’70s,…
Alert The CDC! It’s a Halloween SLIFR Movie Quiz!
Among his loyal readers, blogger Dennis Cozzalio — he of the wonderfully titled Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule site…that’s not him pictured above, btw — is well-regarded for…
Autumnal Evident: Year of Bests – 2015
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
The 13th Warrior Film Review
Can’t believe we’ve reached this point of the season so soon. The penultimate book and film review for 2015 in this duo post series of ours.…
The Death List – Part 4
“Oh, I feel dead.” ~ Kane (Alien) As we’ve seen in this “fatal” film series of mine, no matter that we’re broaching an unsettling subject, cinematically few…
Thoughts on Villenueve’s SICARIO
Where to begin with Denis Villenueve’s SICARIO. I’ve not seen all of his films…yet…but he continues to captivate and strangely enthrall his viewers. Me, included. This…
It Rains... You Get Wet 