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Tag Archives: Movies
Prometheus
I know, I know…I’ve said a bunch of times that I have little to no use for the Alien movies, which I suppose would rule me out of bothering to see the forthcoming Prometheus, which as I understand it isn’t … Continue reading
Fifty most hated movies???
SamuraiFrog posted this list of “Fifty Most Hated Movies”, with comment, and damned if I’m not going to do the same. I’ll only bold the ones that I’ve actually seen, though. 50. Daredevil 49. Superman Returns I didn’t hate this … Continue reading
I’m not a big fan of advertising, but…
…I’ve got to give credit where it’s due. This ad, which is a short film in the best sense of the word, is utterly captivating. If your connection to the Intertubes allows a fullscreen HD viewing, please do.
“This mortal form grows weak. I require sustenance!”
Thor was never my favorite Marvel superhero, not by a longshot. I never really got the whole thing…he was a Norse god, that much I knew, but the whole “Norse god banished to twentieth century America” never made a whole … Continue reading
Saluting Maestro Williams
John Williams is 80 today. May he live and compose for a long time to come! One of film music’s finest voices, and one of the musical voices that has moved me the most over the years. Thank you, Maestro … Continue reading
“This just might be my masterpiece.”
Pulp Fiction has been a favorite film of mine ever since it came out…which is why it strikes me as odd that until quite recently, it was the only Quentin Tarantino film I’ve seen since I first heard of him. … Continue reading
“You still stammered on the ‘W’.”
I’ve seen British period dramas referred to as “Bigscreen episodes of Masterpiece Theater“, which I suppose is kind of an apt description. But it’s something of a dismissive description, isn’t it? It seems designed to put off the kind of … Continue reading
Things I thought while watching “St Elmo’s Fire”
I decided to watch St. Elmo’s Fire, the coming-of-age flick from 1985 starring quite a bit of that group of actors known as “the Brat Pack”. I vaguely remember watching the movie way, way, way back in the late 80s … Continue reading
All Things Pie
Pie on the brain lately! :: Beth Howard, who has become one of my favorite bloggers, has been working on a book called Making Piece, which is about how she dealt with awful grief (her husband passed away suddenly at … Continue reading
A lifetime of sitting in the dark
I was nine years old, and I wandered into the living room to find my mother watching some show on PBS. It was a show about movies – there would be a clip of a new movie that was out, … Continue reading