Goodfellas is totally a Christmas movie!
Category Archives: Scenes I Love
Scene That I Love: Charlie Brown Gets “Therapy” in A Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie Brown isn’t the only one who gets sad around the holidays.
A lot of people do. I’m one of them. I love Christmas but I still get sad thinking about those who are no longer with us and that another year is coming to an end. I know that this holiday, just like last year, is going to be especially difficult for many people around the world. Don’t be ashamed if you’re feeling down this week. You’re not alone.
Last night, I was cheered up by watching A Charlie Brown Christmas on PBS. (I’m still mad that Apple TV+ tried to make the specials an excusive to their streaming service. Talk about going commercial!) Charlie Brown is feeling down for the holidays too but he finds someone to talk to. Unfortunately, that person is Lucy. However, sometimes it’s most important just to have someone to talk to.
This year, I hope Lucy finally gets her real estate.
Scenes I Love: The Martin Bat Spider Thing From The Angry Red Planet
My friends and I just watched the 1959 sci-fi film, The Angry Red Planet. The scene below comes from that film and …. well, it’s the greatest thing ever. Just watch!
(And yes, the scenes on Mars are tinted red, there’s nothing wrong with your screen.)
Go, Spider Bat, go!
A Scene That I Love: Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP!
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without sharing these scenes that I love from the classic sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati.
Believe it or not, this episode was based on a true story! It didn’t happen in Ohio. Instead, it happened in Atlanta, Georgia and it was real promotion stunt for a local station, WQXI. Years later, a young copywriter named Hugh Wilson heard the story while he was working WQXI. Wilson later moved to California, started writing scripts, and eventually created WKRP In Cincinnati.
I always feel bad for the turkeys but I am glad that the survivors were able to launch a counter attack.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Scenes That I Love: Cyrus’s Speech From The Warriors
Cyrus?
He’s the one and only.
From 1979’s The Warriors (which I watched earlier tonight as a part of the #FridayNightFlix live tweet), here’s a scene that I love. Playing the role of Cyrus, the man who could bring all of the gangs of New York together, is Roger Hill. Playing the role of his assassin is the great David Patrick Kelly.
Cyrus knew what he was talking about but the world wasn’t ready for him.
Can you dig it?
A Bonus Horror Scene That I Love: Conal Cochran’s Speech From Halloween III
With horrorthon coming to a close for another year, I figured why not allow Conal Cochran to get in a word or two.
This is from Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Playing Conal Cochran, of course, is the great Dan O’Herlihy.
We hope you’ve all had a wonderful Halloween.
Horror Scenes That I Love: The Finale of Dawn of the Dead
For our final horror scene that I love of the 2021 Horrorthon, how about the ending of George Romero’s 1978 masterpiece, Dawn of the Dead?
Keep an eye out Tom Savini, going over that railing.
Horror Scenes That I Love: Irene Miracle Takes A Fateful Swim in Dario Argento’s Inferno
For today’s scene that I love, here is the classic scene from 1980’s Inferno, Dario Argento’s follow-up to Suspiria. In this scene, Irene Miracle takes a fateful swim. I’ve seen this film several times and this sequence still creeps me out!
Scenes That I Love: Peter Fonda Explores The City In The Trip
Today’s scene is from Roger Corman’s 1967 film, The Trip. Corman dropped acid himself before filming Peter Fonda doing the same thing in this film. Regardless of how one views Corman’s cinematic recreation of Fonda’s experience with acid, The Trip is considered to be one of the first nuanced drug films. While it doesn’t endorse drug use, it also doesn’t descend into the hysterics of a film like Reefer Madness. Interestingly enough, the script was written by Jack Nicholson.
Here is Peter Fonda, exploring the city on LSD, in The Trip:
Horror Scenes I Love: Dying of Fright from Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath
Today’s horror scene that I love is from Mario Bava’s 1963 classic, Black Sabbath. The dead are a lot more difficult to get rid of than you might think.
