Tag Archives: Movies

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

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Kelly Sedinger

 A repost, published in 2008, on the occasion of Harrison Ford’s 79th birthday. Ford has long been one of my absolute favorite actors. Sheila waxes poetic on one of my favorite movies, Witness. (Yeah, I didn’t rank it highly enough.) … Continue reading →

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“I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go!” Forty Years of Indiana Jones

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Kelly Sedinger

 Last week was the 40th anniversary of the initial theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Raiders arrived in the summer that my family uprooted from Hillsboro, OR, for Allegany, NY, all the way across the country. I was still … Continue reading →

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On Ned Beatty and HEAR MY SONG (in part, a repost)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Kelly Sedinger

Actor Ned Beatty has died at the age of 83. Beatty had a long and wonderful and varied career, and he played a wide variety of characters. I suppose he’s seen more as a “character actor” than as a lead, … Continue reading →

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“What Happened Was….” (Thoughts on the Film)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Kelly Sedinger

 I suppose I am lucky that I never had to negotiate the world of dating as a single adult, out there in “the wild”. My dating life was mercifully short, and it took place in the context of the sheltered … Continue reading →

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The Chairman of the Board will see you now.

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

 Sheila O’Malley has a typically lovely post about Frank Sinatra, whose birthday is today. I started composing a comment on her site, but then I realized that my thoughts were getting away from me, so I decided to bring it … Continue reading →

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Something’s afoot, aye!

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

 Apparently they made a movie about Sherlock Holmes’s younger sister Enola, featuring Mille Bobbie Brown in the title role. The movie drops on Netflix just a few days before my birthday. If it’s good, this might be one of 2020’s … Continue reading →

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“Thy dawn, O master of the world, thy dawn….”: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE AT 50 (a repost)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Kelly Sedinger

Fifty years ago today, on December 18, 1969, the sixth James Bond movie opened. Its initial reception was mixed, partly because the Bond mania of the 60s was simmering down, and partly because it was the first time that Sean … Continue reading →

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Of Cackling Emperors and other things….

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Kelly Sedinger

OK, so now that I’m done cranking out the words every day in a final push to complete a novel draft, what should we talk about? Why…how about the teaser trailer to Star Wars Episode IX that dropped a few … Continue reading →

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Travels Along the Yellow Brick Road

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Kelly Sedinger

I suppose I am hardly unique among Americans in that The Wizard of Oz has been a part of my life almost as long as I can remember. I grew up during that hazy prehistory when the only way to … Continue reading →

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“Happy beeps, buddy. Happy beeps.” (Thoughts on THE LAST JEDI, conclusion)

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Kelly Sedinger

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 So here we are, at long last: the last installment of my longform review of The Last Jedi! Huzzah!! We have now … Continue reading →

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