This blog shall stop at nothing and stay there, bringing all undiscerning readers up to date information about significant items of interest and intrigue that will certainly be interesting to someone somewhere at sometime. I shall also try to avoid being vague.
Tis a rare day indeed when I and the good missus can get away from our offspring to have a half-arsed day date to see a film in a theater. So, when the opportunity presented itself that the grandparents would mind the children for three hours, we left before they could change their minds and …
Continue reading “A True Temple of Doom: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the waters of blogging…I decided to take a refreshing splash and jumped right in! The world of sequels is blessedly never-ending and now with summer coming oppressively at us, the luscious land of blockbusters beckons from the deep! So since this entry can’t stay …
The year is 1928. (Well, not now, of course, but back then it was 1928. Do try to keep up, will you?) At any rate, the Four Marx Brothers were the toast of Broadway in 1928. The Marxes’ first Broadway show, 1924’s I’ll Say She Is, was a success and a vindication of millions of …
Continue reading “Ever Since I Met You, I’ve Swept You Off My Feet: Reflecting on Animal Crackers”
(Gosh, I can’t believe that Disnarvel is finally doing a follow-up to this movie! Anyway, as a mere child, I wrote this back in 2019 and now that a sequel that no one asked for, starring people that no one really cares about, is maybe perhaps coming out some time, I thought I’d resurrect this …
Continue reading “There’s Something Rotten at Rotten Tomatoes with Captain Marvel”
Time to continue the journey down the rabbit hole, exploring of some of my late mother’s favorite films. Her tastes leaned more towards the classic rather than the modern, and I’m completely fine with that. Far too often we jump into the new and flashy thing with both feet and then dispose of it three minutes later …
Continue reading “What’s A Mother’s Movies To Do?: Stalag 17”
After an interminable spell of inaction with this series, we once again ascend the mountain of the movies that my mother enjoyed while she was still with us. As we climb, be sure that you have a good set of pitons, some excellent rope, and a flag representing whatever nation gave you the most endorsement money …
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When in Year of Our Blockbusters, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Nine, there was only one man that could beat Indiana Jones, James Bond, Riggs & Murtaugh, Marty McFly, the Ghostbusters, and Weird Al Yankovic at the box office: Batman! There was such a demand for Batman movie tickets and bat-related paraphernalia, the country simply …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels PART XIII: Batman Returns”
It’s over. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is for the most part dead. Yeah, there might be a late holiday party or an office get-together but those in attendance won’t really have their hearts in it. The stockings are coming down. The menorah has gone out. Relentless winter continues regardless. And your …
Continue reading “Regarding Violent Night: Not All Is Calm, But All Is Bright!”
Ah hah! Yet again once more, a seasonal Christmas post for this time of the season, Christmas! For the three of you paying attention at home, I started off on this journey with the iconic TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, then jumped into a holiday comedy with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, then examined a …
Ah yes, time for another non-controversial choice for a movie selection! But first if you’re just jumping into this series by accident or by direction of a court order, all the best of the season to you and yours! This slew of postings started with A Charlie Brown Christmas and then National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. …
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