Recommendations For TCM’s Summer Under the Stars …. August 2020 …. Part 1
Each year the month of August brings the TCM Summer Under the Stars spotlight where 24 continuous hours are devoted to one actor or actress. Sure we get some of […]
Looking Back at the Highlights of 2019 and Ahead to 2020
If only I could secure a flux capacitor for my Prius I’d travel back in time and relive some great movie moments like seeing Jaws at the theater for the […]
Boxing Day Brawlers and Bruisers …. the Fourth Round
Every year I celebrate Boxing Day, December 26th in a couple of ways. First off I usually drop too much coin on movies and memorabilia that finds it’s way into […]
Baseball Playoffs ……. My Starting Line Up
It’s that time of year when the cream rises to the top of the baseball world and in just a few short weeks, a World Series Champion will be crowned. […]
Remembering Our Home’s Best Friend In a Gallery of Saints
Not an easy thing to put together tonight friends. But it is with a deep love and affection that I shine the light on man’s best friend. For me this […]
The Train (1964) Burt Lancaster in the Sixties.
For the fourth time in three years director John Frankenheimer teamed with top box office star Burt Lancaster. They had moved from a courtroom exercise, to a prison flick, then […]
Revisiting Stanley Kramer’s It’s a Mad, Mad , Mad, Mad World (1963)
I grew up watching this flick repeatedly on Sunday afternoons and late night television. It has stayed with me ever since. I finally caught up with the recent Criterion blu […]
The Monster (1994)
If this isn’t the funniest film I have ever seen then it must be a close second or third. Strong statement I know but I have seen it three times […]
The Man From Beyond (1922)
Who knew Houdini was a movie star? I sure didn’t until Kino released a box set of his contributions to silent cinema. All I seemed to know about Houdini is […]
