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Tag Archives: movies
Star Wars in 35 MM?
Next month at Library of Congress, Packard Campus, three of the most iconic films of the last 35 years will be showing: Saturday, Sept. 13 (7:30 p.m.) STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE (20th Century Fox, 1977) This first film in … Continue reading
Independence Day Virus
Today the whole family went to the State Theater in Culpepper, Virginia to watch the 1996 alien disaster movie Independence Day, which seems approporaite on the 4th of July. It was the first time we went to this historic theater since … Continue reading
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
“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
Hitchcock Motifs
UMW Art History professor JeanAnn Dabb is teaching a Freshman Seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. Few subjects in this world are more compelling than Hitchcock’s films, and it’s hard to think of a better excuse to run a course blog. So, that’s … Continue reading