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Category Archives: movies
Even the Soviets Loved Silicon Valley
I already posted about how the major plotline of the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill is all about ending the domination of Silicon Valley. Another bit from this film along those lines I thought I should … Continue reading
End the Domination of Silicon Valley
The other night Anto and I watched the 1985 Roger Moore Bond film A View to a Kill. Moore is my Bond, whereas Anto is a bit more partial to Pierce Brosnan—we don’t mention Sean Connery or Daniel Craig in … Continue reading
You yell ‘Barracuda’
[youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB8m0CI4Kfg[/youtube] I watched Jaws the other night as I’m wont to do before I go on a vacation to a North Eastern beach town where Great Whites abound. And this time around I have to say Mayor Larry Vaughn was my … Continue reading
A Fantastic Voyage into Analog Effects
I watched the 1966 science fiction classic Fantastic Voyage for the first time last week, and I was blown away. In no small part by the beauty of the analog aesthetic. [Caution: nostalgia hard at work!] It was a special effects-driven extravaganza … Continue reading
Double Jeopardy
I’m not sure how it happened, but Antonella and I found ourselves watching the 1999 potboiler Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. I avoided this film when it came out 15 years ago, so I’m not sure how … Continue reading
Polaroid Selfies
Dr Garcia pointed me to this post that has Sean Young’s polariod pictures from the set of Blade Runner (1982). I was struck my how much they resemble the selfie aesthetic of our current moment. It’s interesting to be reminded … Continue reading
Let the Fire Burn
Two nights ago I happened upon a documentary on Netflix titled Let the Fire Burn (2013). THis film uses found footage to tell the story of the violent stand-off between the black liberation group MOVE and the city of Philadelphia in 1985. I … Continue reading
“I Confess” and “Torn Curtain”
Antonella and I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess (1953) the other night, and I was a bit disappointed. That’s rarely the case with a Hitchcock film, but I couldn’t help feeling the story was stilted and Montgomery Clift couldn’t get into anything … Continue reading
Online Dating: the Movie List
Last night the group researching online dating sites did an excellent job taking us through that world. In particular, they referenced an early computer dating service started by three Harvard graduates in the mid-1960s called Operation Match. To quote the 1965 Crimson Tide … Continue reading
What is it With You Blondes?
I’m stealing the title idea for this post from this post on the ever great Media Funhouse blog. Ed Grant wrote about the death of character actor Val Avery more than four years ago, and he linked to a clip on … Continue reading