Happy Friday everyone! Well, the cold snap is back here in my neck of the woods, with high only in the teens and below zero windchill, brrrrrr. It's fairly typical of course so I'm not whining by any means, it's just we've been sort of spoiled this year with a relatively mild Winter. Anyway, February …
Continue reading Romance, Sci-fi Nostalgia or Action? What are you watching this weekend?
I've been meaning to write a tribute for one of my favorite composers for a while and since February 8th is his 80th Birthday, it seems like a good a time as any. As I've mentioned several times on my blog, my two all time favorite music genres are classical and movie soundtracks, so naturally …
Continue reading Music Break: Top 10 Favorite John Williams Scores
In anticipation for Bond 23, a.k.a. Skyfall coming on November 9th, 2012, Ted and I are starting a new monthly series called 007 CHATTER... look for it sometime in the first week of each month. ... I've also added a new category for this, so click on 007 Chatter on the category drop-down menu for all …
Continue reading 007 Chatter: Musings on the 17th Bond Movie ‘Goldeneye’ (1995)
Happy Tuesday, all! Today's post is in honor of my friend Terrence of The Focus Filmographer who's traveling to NYC for a much-needed vacation. Y'see I'm guest-posting over at his blog today with my review of MIRAGE (1965), a classic noir thriller set in New York City starring, you guessed it, Gregory Peck. Click on the …
Continue reading Favorite Pics from Movies Set in New York City
To be frank with you, I'm kind of on and off about this movie. I mean this whole idea of jam-packing a friggin' boatload of superheroes into one movie is worrisome. Just how in the heck are they gonna pull this off?? But after reading more about this project, especially seeing that Josh Whedon seems …
Continue reading The Avengers extended Superbowl XLVI spot is geekgasm worthy
Hello folks, welcome to the February 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. So let's get started, shall we? …
A few days ago, the Blu-ray version of The Rocketeer arrived in the mail. I've been waiting for this movie for so long and finally Disney released the BD on it's 20th Anniversary. I'm dismayed that there are NO special features whatsoever which is just so lame, I mean to call it a '20th Anniversary …
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