Movie Title Sequence: Total Recall
“If I am not me, then who the hell am I?” — Douglas Quaid With today’s opening of Len Wiseman’s remake to one of the all-time best, and bloodiest,…
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…
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: No, I Can’t Forget It, Walsh
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Though this motion picture is in-between milestone anniversaries (those…
Our Man Goldsmith
Having been introduced to the James Bond series at the tender age of 10 with the release of Goldfinger in 1964, you could say I was…
