(These liner notes for a New Christy Minstrels “Best of” CD compilation were written by Chuck Miller in the late 1990’s.) To the uninitiated, “folk music” might conjure up visions of the Kingston Trio pondering where all the flowers have gone, or Peter, Paul and Mary questioning if the answer to world peace and harmony…
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Obsession – what the hell did I just see?
It’s Saturday afternoon. I’ve taken some photos with some new camera gear, but I won’t know how the photos turned out until the film is developed. No matter. I have other things to do. And I’ve heard a lot of word-of-mouth about this film Obsession. Sorry, I think Obsession and I think of that 1980’s…
Read MoreThe Royale with Cheese TV Club: Fleabag
The Royale With Cheese Movie Club is a blog category where I finally get around to watching films that apparently everyone else in the world has seen. It was named after my finally seeing Pulp Fiction about 25 years after everyone else. Of late, I’ve added a TV subsection to this blog category, so at…
Read MoreThe product liability legal case of the century arrives this summer!!
Trust me, this rivals that woman who suffered horrific burns when hot coffee spilled on her lap. This supersedes that case where the defective part in the Audi made those cars lurch forward on their own, without any prompting. No, this is the case of someone who purchased products from a mail-order company, expecting them…
Read MoreThe ad and trailer length at the movie theater
I needed to treat myself yesterday. Go and see a nice motion picture. A film for myself, for no other reason than to just enjoy the movie. And, thanks to my previous patronage (and my loyalty card with Regal Cinemas), I had a coupon for both a free movie and a free small bucket of…
Read MoreGodzilla Mathematics
The kids of today, with their Power Rangers and Dragon Balls, never could appreciate what we had for Japanese imported entertainment. Believe me on this. We had Godzilla. Or, more specifically, we had Japanese movies featuring a gigantic lizard-monster who stomped through Tokyo while battling some other kaiju monster. Lather, rinse, repeat. Ha. We didn’t…
Read More“The Sheep Detectives” and “The Testament of Ann Lee” could be my serious eyebleach right now
It’s been a rough few weeks. The horror in Minnesota. Climate change-enhanced storms ready to pulverize the neighborhood. Prices skyrocketing on everything out there. I need something to help me get through all this. And it may involve this upcoming motion picture. Let me explain. In times of turmoil, I’ve sometimes relied on eyebleach. No,…
Read MoreUnless Han shoots first, I’m not going.
I get it. George Lucas created an entire legacy on his 1977 science fiction epic Star Wars. And in that legacy, he expanded on the original film by turning it into the middle part of a nine-film epic saga (renaming the original film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), and then spending the better…
Read MoreStudying for the Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2025
Tonight I’m attending a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Palace Theater. It’s a shadow cast performance; which means a crew of local actors (“The Kids of Albany”) will recreate the film on stage while the film itself plays in the background. This is cool stuff. Trust me on this. And I’ve…
Read MoreSo what is “nyuk, nyuk, nyuk” in Spanish?
I will admit it. I am a fan of the Three Stooges. Saw all the shorts. Saw all the feature-length films. Even saw a few shorts that featured solo Stooges (there’s a whole set of Columbia short films that just feature Shemp Howard). But as of yesterday … I had not seen the Three Stooges…
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