Tag Archives: Movies

Drink up me hearties!

So in the last month we’ve finally caught up on our Johnny Depp swashbuckler viewing by watching the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. Prevailing opinion of these movies, so far … Continue reading

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Top Men

Indiana Jones, standing on some crates: Who cares about crates? Well, remember the very last shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark…a warehouse full of crates…and what’s in one of those crates…. (via)

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Top Ten Bond Females

So I was thinking of stealing a posting habit from Tosy and Cosh, and start doing Top Ten lists of random stuff, and the other night, as The Family Unit sat down to watch For Your Eyes Only, I figured … Continue reading

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Recent Movie Watching

One of my goals for 2008 is to catch up on movie watching. And not just recent stuff, either, but some of the “Old Greats” that I’ve never before seen, or only seen in part. I’m not setting a specific … Continue reading

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Stuff!

Some lazy linkage for a snowy Thursday evening: :: Lynn Sislo hasn’t posted in several days. As she lives in Oklahoma, I assume that this is due to the ice storm they had in those parts. I hope she’s back … Continue reading

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Still going to Middle Earth

I’ve been listening, off and on, to my recently-acquired The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings set. Interestingly enough, this still isn’t the end of the major descent into the world of LotR music: … Continue reading

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Tears in Rain

This is turning out to be quite the Holiday Season for Geek Music Stuff: :: The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings: The Return of the King is available as of tomorrow. Mine should arrive via UPS the day after … Continue reading

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Strike for the Shores of Dover

I occasionally get search engine hits for people looking for the lyrics to “Strike for the Shores of Dover”, a rousing sea-shanty chorus that is heard at a particularly triumphant moment in the Errol Flynn movie The Sea Hawk. Thanks … Continue reading

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Don’t go in the water….

PZ Myers has tagged me with a quiz-thing where I’m supposed to list the ocean or seafaring movies that I’ve found scariest. This is, I suppose, because of Halloween coming up and Dr. Myers’s general fetish for many-tentacled sea beasties. … Continue reading

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One ring to rule them all….

It’s coming out three weeks from this Tuesday. Mine’s pre-ordered already. I’m carrying around a cloth with me to wipe up the drool.

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