Category Archives: Scenes I Love

A Scene That I Love: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

This scene, from Planes, Train, & Automobiles, epitomizes everything that I love about Thanksgiving.  It’s a reminder that home can be anywhere that is welcoming and that family doesn’t just include those with whom you share a common ancestor.

When John Candy finally admits the truth, that Marie is dead and that he hasn’t had a home for years, it brings tears to my eyes.  That’s great acting.  After everything that has happened, he finally gets to spend Thanksgiving with someone who cares about him.

I hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving today.  Enjoy it however you celebrate.

A Scene That I Love: Preparing The Meal In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Thanksgiving is just a few hours away!  If you’re like my family, you’re probably already working on your Thanksgiving meal.  But, if you’re not, don’t worry!  Take a lesson from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  Snoopy, Linus, and Woodstock didn’t have much time but they still came up with a feast fit for a… well, maybe not a king or a queen but still, they did their best.

In this special, Charlie Brown has unexpected guests coming for Thanksgiving.  Luckily, Snoopy, Woodstock, and Linus are there to help him prepare a meal.  Toast and popcorn balls might not seem like a typical Thanksgiving dinner but, as this special shows, it’s not the food that makes Thanksgiving special.  It’s the company.

A Scene That I Love: The WKRP Thanksgiving Turkey Drop

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

It wouldn’t be the Thanksgiving season without sharing these scenes that I love from the brilliant sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati.  I’m looking forward to seeing my family in Baltimore this Thanksgiving and, for maybe the 100th time, watching this classic episode.

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.

Scenes I Love: Udo Kier in Suspiria

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

RIP to the great actor, Udo Kier.  He died yesterday at the age of 81, in Palm Springs, California.

Today’s scene that I love features Kier in the only version of Suspiria that matters, the original one directed by Dario Argento.  In this scene, Kier discusses witchcraft with Jessica Harper.

The “This Week in Charles Bronson Podcast” talks THE MECHANIC (1972)!

Posted on by Bradley Crain

I don’t know how many of you enjoy listening to podcasts, but I joined a Facebook group back in 2021 focused on the actor Charles Bronson. The group is called the “This Week in Charles Bronson: Podcast.” We focus on Bronson, but the page is really just a springboard for all kinds of pop culture discussions. Well, one of the things we do is periodically produce podcasts focused on Bronson’s movies, the actors who are in them, the directors, the stunt people… you name it, we discuss it. I’ve been lucky enough to meet actors and actresses who’ve worked with Bronson, authors who write about Bronson, and most importantly, people just like me all over the world who love Charles Bronson. It’s been such a fun experience in my life.

Today, I’m sharing just a snippet from one of our podcasts where we discuss the excellent opening sequence of Bronson’s 1972 action classic, THE MECHANIC! If you like what you hear, listen to the full episode and our back catalogue of episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. Heck, we’d love you to join our Facebook page and get involved. That’s all I did! Before you know it, you could be part of the show! Enjoy my friends!

Celebrate Danny DeVito’s birthday with this scene from RUTHLESS PEOPLE (1986)! 🎉🎂

Posted on by Bradley Crain

One of my all-time favorite comedies is the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker 80’s classic, RUTHLESS PEOPLE! I’ll never forget watching it with my mom when I was a teenager. She laughed so hard, which made it loads of fun for me! I’ve been a fan of Danny DeVito ever since. As a matter of fact, DeVito is turning 81 today, which means he’s only a month older than my dad. Enjoy my friends!

Scenes That I Love: Veronica Lake Meets Joel McCrea in Sullivan’s Travels

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In 1941’s Sullivan’s Travels, Joel McCrea plays a filmmaker who disguises himself as a transient so that he can experience what’s really going on outside of Hollywood.  Veronica Lake plays “the Girl,” who ends up sharing his journey.

In today’s scene that I love, McCrea and Lake meet for the first time.

A Scene That I Love: The Ending of Inception

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

The final scenes of Inception have haunted me ever since I first watched them.  Imagine living your entire life and then waking up.

Does the top fall over or does it keep spinning forever?  I think it was wobbling before the scene cut out but who can say for sure.  The important thing is that Dom is no longer watching it.  Instead, he’s made peace with his life, whatever it may be.

Scenes That I Love: Cyrus’s Speech From The Warriors

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Cyrus?

He’s the one and only.

From 1979’s The Warriors , 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?