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Category Archives: On Movies
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Today, a short film about the darker parts of Christmas, and the magic that can help overcome them.
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
This post is a straight-up copy-and-paste repost from last year, because I’m already seeing the “DIE HARD Christmas movie” debate firing up on social media. It’s that time of year again: the annual debate over whether or not Die Hard is … Continue reading
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Oh, I don’t know if it’s the LAST verse…
…because surely we can add more, if we want. Seems to me it’s kind of the point. Here’s a tribute film Disney made for its definitive songwriting duo, the Sherman Brothers. I don’t think I was aware that Richard M. … Continue reading
[shudders]
I’m not going to wait until my “Movies from the second half of 2024” post for this one: This is the kind of movie you’d think was entirely contrived from a deeply silly notion until you learn that it’s essentially … Continue reading
Twenty-two
That’s how long Sheila O’Malley has been blogging. In her honor, a movie scene:
Something for Thursday (Mitzi Gaynor edition)
Actress and singer Mitzi Gaynor has died. She was 93, and she was one of the very last remaining stars with ties to the great era of the Hollywood movie musical. Her biggest role was likely South Pacific, the Rodgers-and-Hammerstein classic … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
The Buffalo AKG Museum right now has an exhibit dedicated to “Op Art”. The museum describes the exhibit thusly: In the 1960s, electronic media began reformatting the nature of images and how we see. Unlike static paintings or sculptures, video … Continue reading
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Nobody talks about poor Pippet
We just watched JAWS last weekend, which is always a delight, so this sequence–the attack at the beach that makes everyone aware that a shark has taken up residence in the waters off Amity Island–is fresh on my mind. I’ve … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Completing my small survey of music from the films of James Cameron, we have a short suite from the score to Avatar, written by James Horner. I like this score a lot, for its suggestion of an alien world that is … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Continuing our little series here of music from the films of James Cameron, who earlier this year turned 70, we have the big one. Titanic. Wow, this movie is nearing 30 years old. I remember when it was dominating popular … Continue reading