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Tag Archives: Movies
Journeys among the fantastic
Some thoughts on some recently seen movies at Casa Jaquandor! :: When we were moving from Hillsboro, OR to Allegany, NY in the summer of 1981, there was one day on the trip when my mother handed me a book … Continue reading
John Barry 1933-2011
John Barry, one of the most distinctive film composers of all time, has died. Barry could often, for me, be a “hit or miss” kind of composer, but when he hit — which in my experience was more often than … Continue reading
Oh, come on, studios!
I can see why movie studios would want to put the clamps down on people who try to put entire movies up on YouTube, but leveling copyright objections at two-minute clips from movies just seems silly. Those clips, when used … Continue reading
“I’ve never really had a taste for this kind of thing, but I must admit I’m deeply enjoying the suit!”
Iron Man was never my favorite superhero in the Marvel Universe. Nothing against him per se, really; I suspect that this is likely due to the fact that the Iron Man comic wasn’t terribly compelling during the years I was … Continue reading
Boom de ya da!
Yeah…I’m trippin’ on the classic Discovery Channel commercial again. This time I’m discovering cool parodies! The original, for reminder’s sake: But I didn’t know that the Discovery Channel did a newer version: And a few take-offs…. I could listen to … Continue reading
If this were a dream, there’d be rum.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides now has an official trailer! This excites the ever-bloomin’ crap out of me. I love, love, love the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, even the two sequels to the original, which aside from … Continue reading
Every animated movie, ever. Or something like that.
I found this at Roger’s blog, and you’d better believe I’m doing it! The Rules: – X what you saw– O what you haven’t finished/seen or saw sizable portions– Bold what you loved– Italicize what you disliked/hated– Leave unchanged if … Continue reading
Runnin’ off the Rails
Our Thanksgiving modus operandi around here, in recent years, has been to meet my parents at a local restaurant for dinner, after which they spirit away The Daughter for a couple of days of quality time while The Wife and … Continue reading
The Moonraker? Really?
Here’s something cool: a list of the 100 best movie spaceships. I was especially gratified to see that they don’t allow the fact that a lot of those movies are, well, total crap to color their estimation of the ships … Continue reading
Lumos
So, I took The Daughter to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the other day. We loved the movie, just loved it; but then, we’ve loved the entire series to this point — even the occasionally sickeningly-sweet first two, … Continue reading