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Tag Archives: Movies
“I’d rather be in jail than be in love again!”
Years ago, when we’d been dating a year or so, The Girlfriend (now The Wife) rented a movie for us to watch. It was a British comedy that I’d never heard of, called Hear My Song. We both absolutely loved … Continue reading
An awful waste of space
As much as I love Carl Sagan, I have to admit that I never warmed to his one and only novel, a science-fiction first contact story he called Contact. I tried reading it a couple of times, and each time … Continue reading
“If you don’t have a drummer, then why do you have drums, you fistful of assholes!”
There are movies that I continually mean to see, and never quite get around to it. Sometimes I’ll even check the DVD out of the library repeatedly, and still manage to let life get in my way and not watch … Continue reading
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Man of steel, suit of rubber
Here’s a problem: the teaser poster for the new Superman movie, unveiled at Comic Con: I just don’t like this poster at all. It does nothing to make me want to see the movie. I hate the washed-out colors (I … Continue reading
What’s an ‘old’ movie?
I find it interesting once in a while to consider what constitutes an ‘old’ movie. I’ve always thought of Casablanca, for example, as an ‘old movie’. (Now, a movie’s status as an ‘old movie’ has absolutely no bearing on how … Continue reading
When thirty-five years old you reach, look as good you still will!!!
Happy birthday Star Wars! Thirty-five years of the greatest damn movie ever. Huzzah and may the Force be with you!
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Avengers assemble!!! (no spoilers)
Heavens, what a movie. I mean, really. Heavens, what a movie. The Avengers doesn’t quite take the top prize as my favorite superhero movie of all time, but at this point, I just don’t think that Superman is likely to be dislodged … Continue reading
A to Z: Zany!
Hey, I made it! It’s the end of the A-to-Z Challenge. Let’s look at some Zaniness, shall we? According to this site, the word ‘zany’ was first used in English by none other than William Shakespeare, although its origins are … Continue reading
A to Z: Villains
A good adventure tale needs a lot of things: a hero or two or three or four, a problem for them to solve, long odds, improbably escapes from certain doom, high stakes if they fail…and a Villain. It’s often said … Continue reading
A to Z: Trains
There’s some part of me that thinks that no matter how far in the future we get, no matter how awesome the spaceships or starships we build, there’s a degree to which human transportation will never exceed railroads for romance, … Continue reading