Black Hawk Down Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I join up for another round in the parallel post series of ours. For this, we will examine…
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return for another round in this parallel post series that has taken a life of its own.…
The Missiles of October/Thirteen Days Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return for another round in this parallel post thingy of ours. However, given the title we agreed…
Reprise – Tales from the (Movie) Theater: Intro
It was at this particular theater that my love of the movies was permanently set in stone. Not only was it the closest of the art deco movie palaces in the vicinity, and the location for many of the dates in my youth, but I would later return to this same theater as an employee. I would do a stint as a projectionist during my concluding days of college.
Reprise True Story: “What are we doing out here?”
family |ˈfam(ə)lē |noun ( pl. -lies) 1 [treated as sing. or pl.] a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. • a group…
Superman: The Movie in 1978, The Year
Towards the end of the furor, Richard Donner’s film Superman literally landed upon this planet like an outer-worldly figure. Like some champion. Gathering attention like none before. Something like this shouldn’t surprise. This was the comic book superhero movie that all that have followed in its wake (for three and a half decades now) owe a huge debt to. In 1978, during a time that shaped my adulthood, it was this movie and experience that buoyed me as the year came to a close.
TCM’d: Film Fest Recap
You know you’re getting old after completing something monumentally fun and your hair hurts from the effort. The hair no longer there, mind you. Still, I’ve…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.…
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…
35 in One Place
The number … follows 34 and precedes 36. … is XXXV in Roman numeral. … is the highest number one can count to on one’s fingers,…
Los Angeles: Recommended Reading
I consider myself pretty damn lucky for a number of reasons. I have a wonderful family and live in a place where I’d want to move,…
TMT: Alone with the Japanese Syndicate
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Along with my proclivity to snag just about anything,…
TMT: That’s Some Baby Cart
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Most of the time, I can pinpoint or estimate…
It Rains... You Get Wet 