Happy National Classic Movie Day to all! Today, Rick at the Classic Film and TV Cafe is hosting a blogathon encouraging participants to write about their six favorites from the 60’s in celebration of this momentous occasion! This sounded like too much fun to pass up and I’m excited to share my favorites with you. […]

via 6 Favorites from the 60’s: A National Classic Movie Day Celebration — The Classic Movie Muse

If you only learn one thing from these writing posts, or if you only decide to read one and then run away, let it be this one. This is single-handedly the most important thing you have to do as a writer: read. It seems simple, right? Most people who want to write are readers first. […]

via The Importance of Reading as a Writer — Mary and the Words

Stay At Home orders have meant the consumption of lots of books and movies; the good, the bad and the ugly. This post may surprise you as it pertains to an Errol Flynn movie which I can only describe as the Ugliest Of All Time. You never thought you’de hear that from me, did you? […]

via Captain Fabian : The Ugliest Errol Flynn Of All — Brizzy Mays Books and Bruschetta

​In the often times intense thriller “Uncut Gems” Howard Ratner, portrayed by Golden Globe nominee Adam Sandler (Punch Drunk Love) is the owner of a jewelry business in the Diamond District of New York. His wife, Dinah (Idina Menzel) wants a divorce, not only because of his antics, which I’ll discuss in the following paragraph, but […]

via “Uncut Gems – A Career Best for Adam Sandler” — RobbinsRealm Blog

This weeks video store rental action movie getting the nostalgic treatment is Predator 2 from 1990

via Predator 2 (1990) The Hunter Returns And Sweaty Glover Is Ready To Rumble — Wolfmans Cult Film

Dr. No – the first James Bond film, the one Variety backhandedly referred to as an “entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum” – was one of my biggest blindspots before starting this marathon. From afar, I knew Dr. No through documentary clips and pop culture osmosis. Sean Connery’s first utterance of “Bond. James Bond” is […]

via Dr. No: What Humble Beginnings — We Minored in Film

Yesterday while driving I heard the stirring theme music of the movie The Piano (1993) played on CBC Radio 2. Memories flooded my mind. I recalled watching it in the movie theatre way back then. A deaf-mute unable to speak but can overwhelm others as she plays the piano to express herself. I thought of […]

via Recent Movies and Series Directed by Women — Ripple Effects

By now it’s pretty obvious that Tom Hanks can do just about anything on screen. Think about it. In his 40-year film career he has been a baseball coach, an astronaut, an Irish gangster, a pilot, a newspaper editor-in-chief, a wooden toy cowboy. Heck he’s even played Walt Disney and Mr. Rogers. His latest movie […]

via REVIEW: “Greyhound” (2020) — Keith & the Movies

Tommy was never taught how to wipe his butt properly, and was therefore teased for most of his childhood and beyond. After a particularly heinous prank takes his life, Tommy vows supernatural revenge against the summer camp that played host to his early demise. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Tommy (M): Steve Rizzo Kid #1/Random […]

via COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: WIPE, by Edward Hicklin — Comedy FESTIVAL