The premiere took place in Vienna on May 7, 1824, nearly 100 years ago this month. Despite its unpracticed and under-rehearsed presentation, the audience was ecstatic. […]
Hello to all my old blogging friends! Kosh has been very helpful with getting me started here and I'm hoping this post works. If it does, I will surely be back. It's been an eventful couple of years. […]
The movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, are in deep, deep trouble. Once upon a time, motion pictures were a novel innovation. Today, not so much. […]
Bob Dylan's up to something. I don't know exactly what it is, but he has released two new songs in as many weeks, giving them away free of charge, dropping them right into my mail box, free of charge. His newest release, "I Contain Multitudes," illustrates an essential fact about Dylan: He has become poetry incarnate. […]
Interest in the Crocodile Dundee franchise has been reignited by the strong reaction to a bizarre series of Tourism Australia commercials that first appeared during the 2018 Superbowl broadcast....but what happened to the "real" Crocodile Dundee? […]
We went to see A Star is Born on its opening weekend and my summary description of the film is that several stars were born in the making of that film, with Oscar whispers already starting for the film, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Sam Elliot […]
'The Post', the new film by Steven Spielberg, covers the events during a three week period in 1971 when freedom of the press in the United States hung in the balance over the publication of the Pentagon Papers. […]
Arrival, which should be re-titled "Dead on Arrival," is one of the most boring alien invasion-time travel paradox films I've ever seen. Decent acting, really juvenile direction, terrible script (calling it a script makes me gag a little) and an incredible number of repeated long track shots that I think w […]
Film reviewers who do not get invited to pre-screenings for critics have to guard themselves carefully to avoid becoming contaminated by others' opinions about the films they are about to review, but that is well nigh impossible these days, with film grosses being reported throughout the media. […]
JP Hart on The Passage Owns Me: “Avons-nous oublié Chuck Berry?!” Sep 22, 02:55
JP Hart on Supermarket Automation at Wal-Mart: “…that municipal, state, and national government have the surplus of corporations… It appears that Norman Rockwell has left the building.…” Sep 21, 20:21
koshersalaami on The Bombardier is Dead: “Take a look at some Kevin Pollack YouTube videos about Alan Arkin. Pollack imitates him very well and pulled some…” Sep 20, 00:11
JP Hart on The Bombardier is Dead: “Ms. Joseph Heller: regardless the freedom of Saturday, Monday has its own guarantee: statues in the park, night wind northwest,…” Sep 15, 01:12
koshersalaami on Mallory McMorrow Must Be Heard: “Really good. When I lived in North Carolina, which I probably will again in three years, Senator Elizabeth Dole ran…” Sep 13, 08:29
Anna Herrington on Ron Powell: Piano Man: “Came to see if there’d been any news ~ so glad you called again, Kosh. Take care, Ron, and hope…” Sep 4, 19:50
Gina Ellis on Ron Powell: Piano Man: “Glad to hear you’re still here, Ron…hoping hands clear up soon – what a blow for a pianist (and poster).” Sep 4, 18:12
Rose Guastella on Ron Powell: Piano Man: “Hi Ron! So glad to know you’re still with us. I hope all goes well for you as you recover.…” Sep 2, 19:09
JP Hart on Ron Powell: Piano Man: “May God’s love accelerate your respite, R☮n.” Sep 2, 13:47
We’ve been going to the movies a lot more lately, searching for something of value. The pickings have been rather …
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