Favorite Scene: The Abyss
“I’m telling you what it is, you’re just not hearing me.” Back in 2010, two noted action directors vied for the vaunted Academy’s top award. One made…
JKM’s Reader Top Ten: The Greatest Science-Fiction Films, Circa 2000 – 2013
My good friend and author John Kenneth Muir has come up with another of his Reader Top Ten collaborations. This time looking back at more recent…
My Ten Greatest Science Fiction Film Characters of All Time
I swear, with friends like John Kenneth Muir I will never ever run out of ideas to write-up posts ‘cuz he just keeps popping up with great…
An Appreciation: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Given that I placed this particular film high on my recent Western post, one that was part of my AFI Top 10 arc, it inspired me to…
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.
TMT: “We’re on an express elevator to hell; going down!”
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. I moved this memory download up specifically in response…
It Rains... You Get Wet 