Quote » The Magnificent Seven
“They are all farmers. Farmers talk of nothing but fertilizer and women. I’ve never shared their enthusiasm for fertilizer. As for women, I became indifferent when…
Quote » The Good The Bad and The Ugly
“When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
Quote » Moonstruck
“But love don’t make things nice. It ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t here to make things perfect. The…
Miracle Mile (1988) Review
Originally posted on Cinema Parrot Disco:
Miracle Mile (1988) Directed by Steve De Jarnatt Starring: Anthony Edwards Mare Winningham Denise Crosby Mykelti Williamson Kurt Fuller Music…
Quote » Thema and Louise
“Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.”
Sphere Film Review
Here we are once more, toward the end of another month as May comes to a close. Consequently, bringing one more book-film combo into range of our duo post series. Enabling…
Shampoo (1975)
Note: The following was my contribution to this week’s Decades Blogathon, which Mark and Tom generously hosted, and reprinted here with their permission. A heartbroken Warren Beatty looking down on a canyon…
Decades Blogathon – Shampoo (1975)
Originally posted on three rows back:
It’s day two of the Decades Blogathon, hosted by myself and the irrepressible Tom from Digital Shortbread. The blogathon focuses…
Mother May I – 50s Sci-Fi/Monster Movies For My Kids
Being a parent for over…Squirrel!… years now, I sometimes look back at the memorable heart-to-heart conversations I’ve had with my wife about parenting. Many of the…
Quote » The Two Jakes
“What I do for a living may not be very reputable. But I am. In this town I’m the leper with the most fingers.”
Quote » Tequila Sunrise
“What is it, Nick? You need some chapstick or some lip gloss or something, Nick, because your lips keep getting stuck on your teeth. Or is…
Quote » Chinatown
“Course I’m respectable. I’m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.”
Guest Post » Classic Spotlight: Unsung Heroes. The Guy In the Rubber Suit!
Greetings all and sundry! Having tolerated and endured the outer fringes of yet another strain of flu swirling around the outskirts of Northern Virginia. I’ve accumulated…
The Accidental Tourist Film Review
For the duo post series of ours, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I are back to close out April with another movie title that began its…
TMT: Purely Accidental
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. With our next duo post kicking in on the last day…
Opening Titles: The Wild Bunch
Say what you will about “The Western” as a genre of film, or television, but it had way more versatility than some credit it. For something that seemed…
13 Perfect Cinematic Moments (via Song) – A Fistful of Moments BLOGATHON
With Ruth’s (and Ted’s) wonderful contribution of late to Andrew’s fine idea of blogging about our favorite scenes over at A Fistful of Films Blog, I was inspired to take part.…
Guest Post » Forgotten War Film Triple Play!
Greetings all and sundry! Having slowly adjusted to the unannounced and unexpected arrival of Daylight Savings Time and extended afternoons into evenings. While arranging my checklist…
Spring Forward: Year of Bests – 2015
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 browsing turns…
Apollo 13 Film Review
Timing is everything. I don’t think my partner, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy, in this literary and cinema review series of ours foresaw what was…
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