Posts tagged “movies”
Mary Poppins at a Spelling Bee
When my mom was in college she had a part-time job as an usher at a movie theater. The only film shown the entire time she worked there was The Sound of Music. She must have seen it hundreds of times. I’ve caught pieces and bits of it over the years, but have never actually
Office Supply Movies
Now this is just plain nifty marketing. From a post at meryl.net comes twenty movie scenes recreated using only office stationery It’s a game and you have to guess each one. I nabbed fifteen of them and am kicking myself for not getting four of the five I missed. Give it a go and let
The Ten Best Sports Movies of All Time
This was one of the hardest lists I’ve ever had to make
Misleading Trailers
A collection of fake movie trailers
The Matrix Phone
Everyone wants to be Neo.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
I have to admit that I was a huge fan of the West Wing. I thought it was “the most intelligent show on television“. The last season (or was it two?) though — after Aaron Sorkin stopped writing — it really jumped the shark. I was still pretty sad to see it go. I have
Media Bonanza
If you’ve never seen Midnight Run, I’m here to tell you it’s a pretty damn good movie. Charles Grodin always cracks me up. I am way behind on my media consumption this month. There’s the five most recent episodes of Rescue Me and the last two episodes of Entourage waiting on my TiVo. I’ve been
Superman Returns
In which I see the latest installment
Complete Failure
The only two positive things I can say about Failure to Launch are that it was not quite as bad as A Historyof Violence and that it had a decent soundtrack. (And, of course, for some reason that soundtrack is not available at Amazon or on iTunes.) Terry Bradshaw did the best acting in the