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The Green, Green Grass of Sexual Frustration – A Quickie Review of Splendor In The Grass (1961)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 20, 2015
Okay, I admit it, like most teenagers I wet through my share of angst and sexual frustration, but damn, have these kids got it bad. Wait, did I say teenagers? Yeah, I did. And honestly, that’s one of this movies biggest problems. At the time this movie was made, both Warren Beatty (making his read more
Classic Television Thursday #027 – Have Gun Will Travel (1957-1963)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 19, 2015
Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man.
A knight without armor in a savage land.
His fast gun for hire heed’s the calling wind.
A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin.
Paladin, Paladin Where do you roam?
Paladin, Paladin, Far, far from home.
He travels on to wherever he must;
A c read more
Paranoia Can Be Quite Invasive – A Quickie Review of 1978’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 17, 2015
I feel as though I should start this with a bit of full disclosure. I am a huge fan of the 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It’s one that has ranked extremely high on my personal all-time favorites list ever since I first saw it back when I was a teenager. So I’ve always h read more
Quickie Review: The French Connection (1971)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 15, 2015
It really is all about the chase. Really. It’s certainly not about the plot. If that were the case, The French Connection would qualify as a 30 minute short film. Nor is it about the acting. Even though stars Gene Hackman (who won the Best Actor Oscar for the film) and Roy Scheider (who was no read more
Saturday Breakfast Serial 019 – Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (1941) Chapter 8: Train Of Doom
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 14, 2015
Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, 6, 7. It’s time, I think, read more
Quickie Reviews: The Haunted Strangler (1958) and Corridors Of Blood (1959)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 13, 2015
Since I’d already watched and written about two of the movies in Criterion’s Monsters and Madmen box set (The Atomic Submarine and First Man Into Space), I figured I’d go ahead and check out the other two, The Haunted Strangler and Corridors of Blood. The fact that both movies star read more
Classic Television Thursday #026 – That Was The Week That Was (UK 1962-1963) (US 1964-1965)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 12, 2015
For many folks, including myself, Jon Stewart‘s The Daily Show is just that – a daily dose of laughter and news parody which I do my best not to miss. Of course, the recent news of his imminent departure from the show has a lot of people guessing not just what’s next for him, but w read more
Saturday Breakfast Serial 018 – Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (1941) Chapter 7: Sea Racketeers
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 7, 2015
Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, 6. Last week I wrote about the read more
Classic Television Thursday #025 – Rod Serling On The Mike Wallace Interview (1959) (1964)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 5, 2015
Something different for this week. Long before he became the head reporter and interviewer on 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace gained notoriety for an interview show called Night Beat which aired from 1955-1957 on the Dumont network’s New York affiliate WABD during a late night time slot. This led to read more
It’s Called The ULTRON Program – Here’s The Brand New Trailer For Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 4, 2015
Yeah, I’m just gonna get out of the way and let ya watch this one. If this is any indication, it looks like this one’s gonna be at least as much fun as the first. read more
Sight and Sound Top 250 – #033 Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 2, 2015
It’s been a bit as I’ve been trying to get caught up on a few other things, but finally, here we are with another look at one of the films on Sight and Sound’s most recent Top 250 All-Time Greatest Films list. Today it’s #38, Vittorio De Sica‘s Bicycle Thieves. Also, fo read more
Saturday Breakfast Serial 017 – Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (1941) Chapter 6: Beseiged
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 28, 2015
Okay, gang, it’s Saturday again, and time for another installment of Saturday Breakfast Serial and our ongoing chapter play, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are the previous posts for this serial: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Last time we actually looked at read more
Classic Television Thursday #024 – Password (1964)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 26, 2015
Is Password still on the air? Possibly in syndication or on the Game Show Network? I don’t know. But even if it’s not now, I suspect at some point it will be revived in some form or fashion. After all, the premise is simple, and sooner or later some TV exec will decide it’s a brand read more
Quickie Review: The Boys From Brazil (1978)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 25, 2015
The Boys From Brazil is an odd movie in that it brings together a number of topics that seem to have been in the air at the time of its development. The film is a hybrid of science fiction, conspiracy, and spy movie, all brought together under an umbrella of neo-Nazism. It depicts the efforts of inf read more
“The Peak of Fear” – Here’s The New Trailer For Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 24, 2015
Ever since it was announced, I’ve said that Guillermo del Toro would be my fantasy director for the upcoming Dr. Strange movie because I think he is the person most likely to be able to bring the other-worldliness necessary to really depict the Sorcerer Supreme’s adventures. Obviously, t read more
Quickie Review – First Man Into Space (1959)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 22, 2015
Consider this a follow-up to yesterday’s QR of The Atomic Submarine. Obviously, someone at Criterion decided it was time to give sci-fi flicks from 1959 a little love, since this was spine #365 and TAS was #366. Actually, these were released both separately, and as part of a four disk box set read more
Saturday Breakfast Serial 016 – Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (1941) Chapter 4: Dead Man’s Trap And Chapter 5: Murder At Sea
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 21, 2015
Hey folks! Sorry about missing last week’s post, but to make it up to you, I’m gonna get out of the way quickly this morning and let you get right into both Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of our ongoing serial, Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. And, for those of you who may be just joining us, here are read more
Quickie Review – The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 20, 2015
There are times when I wonder about the different movies that The Criterion Collection chooses for release. That was the case with 1959’s The Atomic Submarine. Why, I wondered, this particular 50s sci-fi film over some of the more popular and/or better known films? Obviously, one factor is ava read more
Uniting Justice – Here’s The First Pic Of Jason Momoa As Aquaman
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 20, 2015
This pic was posted yesterday on Batman vs Superman director Scott Snyder’s Twitter account. along with the text “There is only one true king”. It pretty well goes without saying that Momoa definitely looks badass in the shot and I’m quite interested in seeing what he can bri read more
Classic Television Thursday #023 – Kraft Television Theatre – Rod Serling’s “Patterns” (1955)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 19, 2015
I’ve written quite a bit about Rod Serling and his work in early television, especially his live teleplays for various anthology shows. What’s amazing is not so much his prolific output, many writers were able to churn out perfectly adequate scripts for these shows – that’s h read more