Monthly Archives: July 2019

Music Video of the Day: We Don’t Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard (1979, directed by Brian Grant)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Though he had his occasional hits, Cliff Richard has never made a huge impact in the States.  However, in the UK, Cliff Richard is practically an institution.   He’s been performing for 60 years straight and has had 14 number one singles in the UK.  He’s also the only singer to have had a number one single in five consecutive decades.  Before there was the Beatles, there was Cliff Richard.

We Don’t Talk Anymore was Richard’s biggest worldwide hit and it was released during one of his brief periods of American popularity.  The video is simple as most music videos were back in the day.  Today, music videos are usually mini-movies but, back in the 70s and 80s, they were often just performance clips.  This video was the sixth to be played on MTV, airing in between Ph.D’s Little Suzi’s On The Up and The Pretenders’s Brass In Pocket.

As for Cliff Richard, he’s Sir Cliff and he’s still performing.  Every December brings a new Christmas song from Sir Cliff Richard.

Enjoy!

 

End of the Trail: James Stewart in Anthony Mann’s THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Columbia 1955)

Posted on by gary loggins

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I’ve covered several of the  Anthony Mann/James Stewart Western collaborations here. Their final sagebrush outing together THE MAN FROM LARAMIE was shot in Cinemascope and gorgeous Technicolor, features a bunch of solid character actors, has beautiful New Mexico scenery… yet felt like a letdown to me. Maybe it’s because Mann and Stewart set the bar so high in their previous Westerns, but THE MAN FROM LARAMIE is an anti-climactic climax to the director/star duo’s pairings.

Stewart’s good as always, playing bitter Will Lockhart, whose brother was killed by Apaches and whose mission is to find out who’s selling the guns to them. But the film came off flat, feeling like just another routine Western – good, but not in the same category as WINCHESTER ’73 or BEND OF THE RIVER. Those Mann film noir touches are nowhere to be found, replaced by (dare I say it!)… soap opera elements!

Cathy…

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4 Shots From 4 Films: Rest in Peace, David Hedison

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4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking. David Hedison (1927-2019) was a working actor for over 70 years, starring on stage, screen, and TV. Though he played in virtually every genre, Hedison is perhaps best known for his work in some classic science-fiction, as well as portraying CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films. Word as hit the internet he passed away July 18 at the age of 93, and in his honor, we present 4 Shots from the Films of David Hedison. Job well done, sir!

The Fly (1958, D: Kurt Neumann)

The Lost World (1960, D: Irwin Allen)

The Cat Creature (TV-Movie 1973, D: Curtis Harrington)

Live and Let Die (1973. D: Guy Hamilton)

And for good measure, here’s David Hedison as Commander Crane in the sci-fi TV series VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1964-68)

  RIP David Hedison (1927-2019)

The Spectacular Adventures of G-8 And His Battle Aces

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

G-8 was a heroic aviator and spy during World War I.  For 11 years, from 1933 to 1944, G-8 starred in his pulp magazine, G-8 And His Battle Aces.  Because G-8 was an aviator, he had several adventures like this:

However, the majority of G-8’s adventures were more like this one:

G-8’s adventures were outlandish even by the standards of the pulp era.  Below are the covers for some of his most spectacular adventures.  Though I’m not a 100% sure, I think all of these covers can be credited to Frederick Blakeslee.

Music Video of the Day: Benny Goodman by Saint Motel (2012, dir by A/J Jackson)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Let’s get this week off to a good start with this video from Saint Motel!

If this video doesn’t make you want to dance, I don’t know what to tell you.

That is Miles Brown, also known as Baby Boogaloo, dancing.  At the time of this video, he was around eight years old.  He’s currently a part of the cast of Black-ish, playing Jack Johnson.

Enjoy!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 7/15/19 — 7/21/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

A Trip to the Moon (1902, dir by Georges Melies)

It’s hot as Hell, the new twitter layout sucks, CBS is no longer available on Uverse, and my allergies have been driving me crazy.  What a week!  Oh well, this upcoming week will be better.

Films I Watched:

  1. Apollo 13 (1995)
  2. Apollo 18 (2001)
  3. Double Impact (1991)
  4. Dumbo (2019)
  5. First Man (2018)
  6. For Those Who Think Young (1964)
  7. How Awful About Allan (1970)
  8. The Hunter (1980)
  9. Moon (2009)
  10. The Right Stuff (1983)
  11. A Trip To The Moon (1902)
  12. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  13. Zabriskie Point (1970)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Bachelorette
  2. Big Brother 21
  3. The Bold and the Beautiful
  4. Dance Moms
  5. Days of our Lives
  6. Doctor Phil
  7. Face the Truth
  8. General Hospital
  9. Ghost Whisperer
  10. Grand Hotel
  11. iZombie
  12. King of the Hill
  13. Legion
  14. Love Island
  15. Profiler
  16. So You Think You Can Dance
  17. Veronica Mars
  18. The Young and The Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Behind the Bell by Dustin Diamond (2009)
  2. The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss (1972)
  3. White by Bret Easton Ellis (2019)

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Arcade Fire
  2. Big Data
  3. Blanck Mass
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Daft Punk
  6. Deadmau5
  7. Duncan Lloyd
  8. Elle King
  9. Ellie Goulding
  10. Ghastly
  11. Goblin
  12. Goo Goo Dolls
  13. Kaskade
  14. Moonchild
  15. Phantogram
  16. The Prodigy
  17. The Regrettes
  18. Saint Motel
  19. She & Him
  20. Sleigh Bells
  21. Texas
  22. Xul Zolar

Links From Last Week:

  1. Please consider subcribing to Ryan’s patreon!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared Street in Black-and-White, Windy Day, Leaves, Leaves 2, Backyard Mushrooms, More Mushrooms, and Even More Mushrooms!
  3. Over on Pop Politics, Jeff shared Shatner, Nimoy, and MAD; The (Possible) Return of Mark Sanford, 332 to 95, Captain America: The People’s Choice, Alex Ross Captures Galactus In All Of His Glory, and What I’m Reading: Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram, Jr. 
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from The Regrettes, deadmau5 and Kaskade, Xul Zolar, Arcade Fire, The Prodigy, Duncan Lloyd, and Rita Ora!
  5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  6. Kickin The Willy Bobo With…LUCAS GARRETT
  7. Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Star Trek’ Will Be His Last Film If He Commits To Directing
  8. Paul McCartney Has Been Secretly Writing an ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Musical
  9. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anyone realized.  Here’s how it was saved.
  10. ‘Agents of SHIELD’ to End With Season 7 at ABC
  11. Marianne Williamson on Her “Woo-Woo” Rep, Hollywood Friends and Dead-Serious Plan to Save America
  12. Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Passes ‘Avatar’ to Become No. 1 Grossing Film of All Time
  13. The Orville Moving Exclusively to Hulu for Season 3, to Premiere in Late 2020
  14. Everything Marvel has planned for Phase 4: Natalie Portman returns as a new Thor, Mahershala Ali will be Blade, Angelina Jolie trains to be an Eternal, more
  15. The 2019 Emmy Nominations

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin wished us all a happy Moon Day and profiled artist Morgan Kane.  She also shared Trouble Valley, Halo for A Heel, Payment in Sin, Female Convict, Corrupt Woman, How Sharp The Point, and Burro Alley!
  2. Gary reviewed The Bloody Brood and For Those Who Think Young and said goodbye to Pumpsie Green!
  3. Jeff reviewed Double Impact!
  4. I shared music videos from She & Him, Ghastly, Goo Goo Dolls, Ellie Goulding, Big Data, Moonchild, and Daft Punk!  I shared the trailer for Cats and the trailer for Zombie Tidal Wave and my personal Emmy nominations!  I reviewed The Wrong Mommy!
  5. Leonard shared the trailers for Top Gun: Maverick and It — Chapter Two!
  6. Ryan reviewed Rodeo and shared his latest weekly reading round-up!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!