I don’t believe I’ve ever purchased a soundtrack without seeing the film. Until now. Moonage Daydream is an incredible mashup of Bowie music and dialogue. The soundtrack is hardly just a collection of songs, it’s a David Bowie experience. If you’ve seen the film, you are one up on me. The soundtrack can stand on … More MOONAGE DAYDREAM: The Soundtrack (David Bowie film)
A couple of months ago I noticed that The Good House was coming to a local art house movie theater. I had no idea what it was about, but it looked like a mature love story starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. The film came and went within a week or two, which is the … More The Good House (2022): Small Budget Films
Several weeks ago, I watched Steve Martin and Martin Short co-host Saturday Night Live. Martin has hosted the show 16 times and Short three times. Short was also a cast number. On SNL, they read eulogies they wrote for each other: “So Marty, I dedicate this eulogy to you,” Martin started. “Wow, not much of … More Steve Martin and Martin Short
Three films, that’s all we need to appreciate the appeal and talent of Ava Gardner. A screen legend, certainly; beautiful and desirable, of course; and underestimated as an actress. If you only saw her late in her life, you got the remnants of her legend, but unfortunately not the full power of how she commanded … More A Look at Ava Gardner
Movie music is fascinating. Most of it is average at best; functional, but not memorable. Bond films, Hitchcock suspense, the themes from Jaws, The Exorcist, Rocky and Breakfast at Tiffany’s – all magical film moments. We can all think of our favorite film scores, whatever generation we represent. Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Henry … More To Kill a Mockingbird: Musical Score
Don’t you love these films that want you to know how smart they are by constantly telling you. I admit, Bullet Train (2022) is a handful, requiring you to pay attention because you get a shit-ton of character exposition in flashbacks and winks to the audience. Along the way, you piece together who these characters … More Bullet Train (film review)
“This book came out of the struggle to try and explain it all to my kids. I want to leave some kind of record that sets things straight, pokes holes in the mythology that’s sprung up around me, destroys some of the legends, and keeps the piranhas off. Something that documents the time I was … More Paul Newman’s Memoir: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man (book review)
Distinguished and debonair, James Mason was a leading man for many years, but gravitated toward more daring and character roles for some of his best films. I don’t do impressions, but Mason was one of the few that i accomplished. From Gen. Rommel to to Capt. Nemo to Lolita to Hitchcock, Mason took risks: he … More James Mason (actor) Remembered
I never had the opportunity to eat at an automat, but they were a fascinating part of our American urban culture. The closest I ever got was the cafeteria, which is a rarity in America now. After the pandemic, try to even find a buffet. Lisa Hurwitz is the originator and director of The Automat … More The Automat (film review)
Mark Harmon wasn’t always Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS. He did a lot of television guest shots, was a regular on a few television series and parlayed his “Sexist Man Alive” title into a short theatrical film career. Before all of that, Harmon was a football quarterback at UCLA. The team won a … More Mark Harmon, Before NCIS
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