Farewell To A Iconic Communication Tool! Yes, you won’t have pay phones to kick around New York City any longer… For a generation, these pay phones were everywhere – all across the country, but certainly on every corner in The… Read More ›
iconic movie performances
Time To “Get Shorty!” This “Cult Monday Monday” Heads To Hollywood With Chili Palmer!
“Rough business, this movie business. I’m gonna have to go back to loan-sharking just to take a rest.” With those words, John Travolta gives one of his best performances as Chili Palmer, a loan shark who wants to break into… Read More ›
RIP R. Lee Ermey! Brilliant “Full Metal Jacket!” From “Apocalypse Now” Military Advisor To Great Actor!
RIP R. Lee Ermey… Sad news: R. Lee Ermey, the former Marine who went from an off-camera Vietnam War Expert to stardom, has died…he will always be remembered as the foul-mouthed Marine Sergeant from Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “Full Metal Jacket”…… Read More ›
Films In The Key Of “X-Y-Z”! Great Movies To End The A-Z Countdown!
Celebrating The Power Of Cinema! I love movies, and have had a blast lately sharing some of my favorites on a special series of lists that celebrated the unique, obscure, offbeat and just plain strange films that we can all… Read More ›
Movies With An “N”! My “Movies A-Z” Has Hitchcock! Altman! Julia Roberts Too!
Time To Celebrate Iconic Movie Images! If you love movies, you also love iconic movie moments – like this shot of Cary Grant being chased by a small airplane…or this shot of an Anchorman who’s “mad as hell and not… Read More ›
A MASSIVE List Of “L” Movies! My “Movies A-Z” Hits The Cinema Motherlode!
A List So Large It Could Fill A Theater THIS BIG! Yes, my “Movie A-Z” countdown has hit another letter packed with classic films. It seems like every time I post I leave something great off due to the limitation… Read More ›
RIP Jerry Lewis! Comic Legend Was “Nutty Professor” AND Jerry Langford! His “Clown” Drama Will Never Be Seen…
RIP Jerry Lewis… RIP to comic legend Jerry Lewis, who died at the age of 91…one of comedy’s biggest movie stars in the 50’s and 60’s, he was known for smash comedy hits such as “The Nutty Professor” and “Cinderfella”,… Read More ›
Albert Brooks! “Lost In America” Criterion Collection! Three More Great Reasons To Love Him – “Taxi Driver” For One!
Albert Brooks Gets “Lost” Again! Actor/Director Albert Brooks posted this note on Twitter, letting fans know that The Criterion Collection is releasing a new, expanded blu-ray edition of his 1985 comic gem “Lost In America!” “You couldn’t change your life… Read More ›
My Movie Alphabet! An A-Z Of My Favorite – And Most Offbeat Films!
My Movie Alphabet! Yes, the poster art says “Vol. 2” – because I missed the first “go-round” on this fun exercise in cinema! A movie for every letter of the alphabet – who can refuse? For many of us, this… Read More ›
I Love The 80’s! “Stranger Things” Season 2 Trailer! The Clash! Five Reasons 80’s Pop Culture Endures!
I Love The 80’s! How can you not? There are so many things that make the 80’s special: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, the best George Michael music, goofy sitcoms and of course “Back To The Future”… “Stranger Things” Revisits The 80’s!… Read More ›
