Happy Birthday, to the Greatest of All Wars. It’s 102 years since the day it finally ended. It was an ugly, devastating war. Four years of slaughter that officially concluded on November 11, 1918. World War One, AKA the First… Read More ›
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IN GLORIOUS BLACK AND WHITE – RICH PASCHALL
If you have stopped by in recent months you have seen some music and movie lists to help you pass the time during our quarantine days. My top 20 Coming of Age movies included the 1971 B&W feature, The Last… Read More ›
ALMOST INTERVIEWING JIMMY STEWART – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Full disclosure upfront. I never met Jimmy Stewart. No interviews. No emails. No phone conversations. But I’ve got Jimmy Stewart in my brain, maybe because Stewart is TCM’s “Star of the month.” They’ve been airing most of the legendary star’s… Read More ›
HOLLYWOOD FANTASIES, GARRY ARMSTRONG
I love movies. Old movies Movies from the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. I grew up watching these films. They were movies from Hollywood’s golden age when fantasy really trumped reality. These were films seen in theaters. First, second and the… Read More ›
FILMS ALL GUYS SHOULD SEE – RICH PASCHALL
My personal top 20, by Rich Paschall Since you are likely hiding out at home and looking for something to do, I offer again my top films for you to watch. Yes, I said at the beginning “films all guys… Read More ›
OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN TOWN … — Marilyn Armstrong
Last night, we watched Casablanca. Again. We’ve seen it on TV. We even watched it on the big screen in the movies. Last night, we watched it once more — and it still has the best dialogue of any movie… Read More ›
OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR: A WORLD WAR!
Happy Birthday, Great War. It’s 102 years since the day you ended. World War I (WWI), also known as the First World War or “the War to End All Wars,” was nearly global. It officially began on July 28, 1914,… Read More ›
SECRET BRAIN STEALERS – Marilyn Armstrong
I spend way too much time reading science fiction. “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is my favorite of the brain-stealing monster stories. I first saw the movie when I was 14. I had a tumor on my right tibia…. Read More ›
MANY GUNFIGHTS AT THE O.K. CORRAL – Marilyn Armstrong
The first movie I remember seeing with my mom was “Gunfight at OK Corral.” It was a busy day at the Utopia Theater which was a small movie house. There were hardly any seats left by the time we got… Read More ›
HANGING OUT WITH ROBERT “MITCH” MITCHUM – Garry Armstrong
Marilyn and I watched an old Dick Cavett interview with Robert Mitchum on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) last night. We laughed a lot. It was a reminder of how good late night talk shows were. It also showed the legendary… Read More ›
MOORE BOND
The Roger Moore Years, Part 1 by RICH PASCHALL After five films the original James Bond, Sean Connery, left the series, but when George Lazenby only stuck around for one film despite an original offer for more, Connery returned for Diamonds Are… Read More ›
BOND. JAMES BOND. – Rich Paschall
A few years ago I set out to watch all of the “official” James Bond movies in order, the EON Productions films, that is. I saw the other 3 as well. As I finished the films of each actor, I… Read More ›
