Category Movies
Back to the Future: 1st draft of script
Well, I finished reading the 1st draft of Back to the Future and I have to say, I’m glad this wasn’t the flick that was made. There’s a lot less personality and heart in this version and Marty is a bit of a douche. Eric Stoltz could have played this version of Marty, but I […]
Robert Altman Project #5: Mash (1970)
MASH is Robert Altman’s fifth film and here is IMDB’s little blurb: The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war. This might be the most written about Altman film and that makes it tough to write about. Not because […]
Robert Altman Project #4: That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
That Cold Day in the Park is Robert Altman’s fourth film. Here is the IMDB description: A rich but lonely woman, Frances Austen, one day invites a boy from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him live there. As this post’s title suggests this is #4 in my Altman chronological viewing […]
Robert Altman Project #3: Countdown (1968)
What can I say about Countdown? Not a lot, I don’t think. I’m all for films with a slow burn pace, but this one is a bit ridiculous. Here is the IMDB synopsis because I really don’t want to write one: Desperate to reach the moon first, NASA sends a man and shelter separately, one-way. […]
Robert Altman Project #2: The James Dean Story (1957)
I wasn’t going to watch this movie at first. When I decided to take on Robert Altman’s filmography this flick was listed, but I dismissed it mainly because it was a documentary. There was also the fact that he is listed as a co-director on the production. I figured there were so many other Altman […]
Rock Jocks
This flick was way too much fun. Very low budget, but definitely part of it’s charm. Here’s the IMDB synopsis: “A group of dysfunctional government employees find themselves responsible for shooting down asteroids that are headed for earth.” IMDB has a much better synopsis than Netflix. The Netflix synopsis kinda makes you wonder if anyone […]
Goodbye, you crazy actor!
Eli Wallach passed away yesterday from being too awesome to remain on this planet. He was 98 at the time of his passing so we can’ t say he didn’t try. Wallach littered film and television with more than a hundred characters over the course of a 61 year career. He was one of the […]
Robert Altman Project #1: The Delinquents (1957)
So my Robert Altman love fest has begun. Once a week I’m hoping to watch a Robert Altman movie. My plan is to watch these in chronological order if I can get my hands on a copy. Tonight’s flick was The Delinquents from 1957. Based on the cover line of: The “Babyfaces” have just taken […]
Where Bane took me…
“Theatricality and deception, powerful agents for the uninitiated” – Bane That has been on my mind all day. Two days, actually. Hardy’s Bane has been dominating my thought processes in much the same way Ledger’s Joker did. The evolution of villains in Nolan’s Batman series is interesting and worth analysis. They each are the harbinger […]
The Husky Idler 