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Stayin’ Alive!!!

Posted on November 20, 2022 by ksedinger

Oy, I don’t want to talk about snow. Let’s talk about the opening of Saturday Night Fever! And yes, I’m serious, because it’s one of the best movie openings ever, and not just because it has a few famous shots or … Continue reading →

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“An awful waste of space”: CONTACT at 25

Posted on July 27, 2022 by ksedinger

The movie Contact, based on Carl Sagan’s one and only one novel, came out this month in 1997. Almost ten years ago I posted the following piece about the movie, a film that I’ve always liked and admired but not quite … Continue reading →

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“Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today, I’m an amateur.” (David Warner, TIME AFTER TIME)

Posted on July 25, 2022 by ksedinger

Actor David Warner has died. Warner was a very prolific actor; bring up his filmography and you’ll be scrolling for quite a while. While he was usually not a lead, he was more than a “character actor”. Warner brought gravity, … Continue reading →

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A Repost: “Whacking. I’m hell at whacking.”

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Kelly Sedinger

I first wrote this post in 2008, back in the days of Byzantium’s Shores. I repost it now on the occasion of Harrison Ford’s 80th birthday.   Sheila waxes poetic on one of my favorite movies, Witness. (Yeah, I didn’t rank … Continue reading →

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“Think classy, and you’ll BE classy!”

Posted on May 23, 2022 by ksedinger

Speaking of Bull Durham, here’s something I saw last week on The Athletic: Bull Durham has been my favorite baseball movie for pretty much forever (receipts!), so this particular promotion just makes me incredibly happy. It refers to one of the movie’s many … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on May 10, 2022 by ksedinger

A suite of film music today! We watched Avatar the other night, our first time watching it since we first saw it when the DVD came out after the movie’s initial release, way back in 2009 or 2010 or so. The … Continue reading →

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May 4: Audrey, and Star Wars

Posted on May 4, 2022 by ksedinger

Unrelated except by calendrical coincidence, it’s Audrey Hepburn’s birthday… …and, thanks to the pun May the Fourth be with you, it is also STAR WARS Day.   Share This Post

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Roger

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Kelly Sedinger

Sheila O’Malley re-shared her post on the anniversary of Roger Ebert’s passing today, and I thought, why not do the same? Here’s what I posted the day he died. I still miss his writing. There’s something about those Chicago newspaper … Continue reading →

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Elmer Bernstein at 100

Posted on April 4, 2022 by ksedinger

Elmer Bernstein, one of the most consistently delightful of all film composers, was born one hundred years ago today. Bernstein died in 2004, after a long and prolific life of making our cinematic world better. Here’s a sampling of his … Continue reading →

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“I get why you shot him.” “Well, everyone tries at least once.” — Thoughts on NO TIME TO DIE

Posted on February 28, 2022 by ksedinger

(NOTE: As this review heavily references ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, I have revised and reposted my long essay about that film as well.) After a series of production false-starts, headaches, and then a global pandemic, No Time To Die, the … Continue reading →

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