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 ›
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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 ›
A LOVELY WAR: A WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL – Marilyn Armstrong
Happy Birthday, Great War. It’s 105 years since the day you officially started. World War I (WWI), also known as the First World War, was a nearly global war. It officially began on July 28, 1914, though its real beginnings were… 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 ›
GUILTY PLEASURES
I think most of the things we enjoy would be counted as guilty pleasures by someone else. You might say we’ve become guilty pleasure experts. The other night, Garry and I watched “Paris When It Sizzles” on Netflix. Universally panned,… Read More ›
THE BARRYMORES: AMERICA’S ROYAL FAMILY OF ACTORS
This week, we tuned into Drew Barrymore’s latest show on Netflix. It’s called “The Santa Clarita Diet.” She has, in this story, become a zombie. It’s funny because she’s a very suburban and rather bouncy zombie. She certainly dresses a… Read More ›
INCUBATION AND THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
I spend way too much time reading science fiction. “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is my favorite of the incubating monster stories. I first saw the movie when I was 14. I had a tumor on my right tibia…. Read More ›
THE ALMOST INTERVIEW – GARRY ARMSTRONG AND JIMMY STEWART
Full disclosure up front. I never met Jimmy Stewart. No interviews. No emails. No phone conversations. But I’ve got Jimmy Stewart in my brain, maybe because Stewart was recently TCM’s “Star of the month” and they’ve been airing many of… Read More ›
TOO MUCH NOIR – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Dark, rain-glistened streets. Ominous shadows hover in trash littered alleyways. Cats screech in the distance. Gunshots ring out and a body slumps into the gutter. The world of film noir. As a kid, these were the second show in an… Read More ›
IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE – RICH PASCHALL
Watching Foreign Language Films, Rich Paschall Unless you were born in another country or became fluent in another language, you probably have little interest in foreign language films. The language barrier is something many of us do not wish to overcome… Read More ›
A LATE QUARTET – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND FILM
A LATE QUARTET (2012) Director: Yaron Zilberman Writers (screenplay): Seth Grossman, Yaron Zilberman The Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Robert Gelbart Christopher Walken, as Peter Mitchell Catherine Keener, as Juliette Gelbart Mark Ivanir, as Daniel Lerner Imogen Poots, as Alexandra Gelbart… Read More ›
LINES AND CREASES – RICH PASCHALL
Faded Photographs – by Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog People still collect them. Perhaps not as ardently as they once did, but they still get them. They order them online. They print them at home. They might even go to the… Read More ›
CASABLANCA!
Last night, we watched Casablanca. Again. We’ve seen it on TV. We even seen it on the big screen in the movies. Last night, we watched it again and it still has the best dialogue of any movie of its kind…. Read More ›
FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN — PECULIAR MEMORIES
Garry has written his own version of this story, though it’s completely different. And a little bit the same. For him, it’s Hollywood. For me, it is memories. In 1962, I was 15 years old, at the beginning of my senior… Read More ›
REMEMBERING THE MAN: RICHARD JAECKEL – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Boston, 1973. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was warm. We shot in shirtsleeves in the lobby of the TV station. I couldn’t get a studio and was being urged to get the shoot finished as quickly as… Read More ›
FILM REVIEW: LA CARA OCULTA (2011) – THE HIDDEN FACE
The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta) is a supremely dark movie, literally and figuratively. The subject is dark and most of the movie takes place in dim light or actual darkness. At first glance, I thought it was going to be… Read More ›
IN GLORIOUS BLACK AND WHITE
If you have stopped by on recent Sundays you have seen some movie lists. My top 20 Coming of Age movies included the 1971 B&W feature, The Last Picture Show. The top 20 Films All Guys Should See included a half-dozen… Read More ›
