admin | January 25, 2010
Or, the return of 365 Movies! Movie 10 The Three Musketeers (1973) Rated PG Runtime: 105 minutes Written by my hero, George MacDonald Fraser, with an assist from Alexandre Dumas père Directed by Richard Lester Notable peoples: Michael York, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay Look out [...]
admin | January 14, 2010
365 Movies Movie 9 With thanks to The Peej for the inadvertent (or perhaps it was advertent) reminder. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Rated PG Runtime: 117 minutes Written and directed by Tom Stoppard, with an assist from William Shakespeare Notable peoples: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss Look out for: The late lamented [...]
admin | January 13, 2010
I’ll be doubling up for a bit, until I get caught up. 365 Movies Movie 7 With thanks to Olivia for providing the year. Radio Days (1987) Rated PG Runtime: 88 minutes Written and directed by Woody Allen Notable peoples: Baby! Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Dianne Wiest Look out for: Curb Your Enthusiasm [...]
admin | January 12, 2010
Barring any more unexpected hospital trips, the 365 Movies feature will resume tomorrow.
admin | January 6, 2010
365 Movies Movie 6 With thanks to Chance for providing the year, even if it was in a bidding war with Charlie. Alphaville (1965) Not rated Runtime: 99 minutes Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard Notable peoples: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina Look out for: Paul Misraki’s eerie, random score Think film noir meets 1984 meets [...]
admin | January 5, 2010
It’s supposed to get down to 29F tonight. Hellooo, expensive orange juice! 365 Movies Movie 5 With thanks to C.C. Finlay for providing today’s year. The Last Man on Earth (1964) Not rated Runtime: 86 minutes Written by Richard Matheson (novel) and Richard Matheson as Logan Swanson (screenplay) Directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sydney Salkow [...]
admin | January 4, 2010
I’ve enjoyed my month off (I read nine books in December, and started a tenth) and I always need that time off to rest and recharge, but it’ll be good to get back into the routine. 365 Movies Movie 4 Thanks to P.J. Thompson for helpfully providing a year when I was confronted with too [...]
admin | January 3, 2010
My only one today is to get the Christmas tree undecorated and back in its box. Thus will begin an 11-month mourning period by certain kitties of my acquaintance. 365 Movies Movie 3 The Man Who Laughs (1928) Not rated Runtime: 110 minutes Written by Victor Hugo (novel), J. Grubb Alexander (adaptation) Directed by Paul [...]
admin | January 2, 2010
At least, according to GRRM’s happy little folk, but by Florida standards, it’s here and pissed off, apparently. We’re looking at a 5-day stretch of highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s. One day of those temperatures is rare down here — to go longer than 3 days is a once-in-a-decade event. Still not [...]
admin | January 1, 2010
One year ago today, I began this here website blog. In that time, I have received 705 comments, 3 of which were not spam, 2 of which were me. Always nice to know one is making a difference. ;) (For those of you reading this in the cross-posted version, I’m talking strictly about the WP [...]
