Category Archives: Scenes I Love

Scenes That I Love: The Opening of Four Flies On Grey Velvet

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I love the opening of Dario Argento’s 1971 giallo, Four Flies On Grey Velvet.  This was Argento’s third film as a director and it tells the story of an American drummer who gets caught up in a gruesome murder.  In the opening credits, we watch as Michael Brandon drums away and finds time to take care of a distracting fly.  In just a matter of minutes, Argento tells us everything we need to know about our hero and the role that he’ll be playing in this film.  Like the best drummers, he holds everything together and that’s a good skill to have because, in typical Argento fashion, his entire life is about to fall apart.

From Four Flies on Grey Velvet:

(Only ten days to go until Horrorthon!)

Brad’s Scene of the Day features THE FULL MONTY (1997)!

Posted on by Bradley Crain

September 19th has always been an important day in my life, primarily because it was the day I was born. Of secondary importance, but still cool, is the fact that it was also the day in 1997 that THE FULL MONTY received a nationwide release in the United States of America. I caught the film at the theater during its initial run, and it turned out to be a truly heartwarming tale of a group of lovable, unemployed losers who decided to put on a strip show to raise some cash. Their special hook is that they would do something even the Chippendales wouldn’t do… show the full Monty! On this special day, I thought I’d share this fun little scene where Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff” comes over the loudspeakers while the guys are in the unemployment line. Enjoy, my friends!

Scene That I Love: Garrison Meets X in JFK

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is Oliver Stone’s birthday so, for all conspiracy-loving readers, here is a key scene from Stone’s 1991 film, JFK!  In this scene, Kevin Costner’s Jim Garrison meets the mysterious man known as X (played by the much-missed Donald Sutherland).  X explains the conspiracy to Garrison.

This scene certainly convinced a lot of people.  Personally, I think Oswald acted alone but one cannot deny Stone’s talent as a filmmaker.

Scenes that I Love: Anna Chlumsky has a meltdown on Veep

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s scene that I love is one of the greatest television moments of the past ten years.  It’s one that I still think about on a nearly daily basis.

Oddly, ever since it went off the air, there’s been an attempt on the part of the media to pretend that Selina Meyer was meant to be some sort of inspiring figure.  This scenes reminds us that she wasn’t even supposed to be likable.

(I groaned when the cast of Veep reunited to support Kamala Harris in 2024 because Veep was literally the last show that Harris should have been trying to remind people of.)

Happy Birthday, Linda Gray!

Posted on by Bradley Crain

My wife and I visited the South Fork Ranch a few years ago to celebrate her fond memories of watching DALLAS with her granny. It was a wonderful visit, and I surprised her for her birthday that year by buying her the entire DALLAS TV series on DVD. Since then we’ve watched every single episode of the original DALLAS television series, all of the DALLAS television movies, and every single episode of the reboot series! By my count that’s a total of 396 TV episodes and 3 TV movies. That’s a lot of hours… and Linda Gray was in most of them. Based on that alone, this beautiful lady seems like a beloved member of the family.

Happy Birthday, Linda! Thanks for all the wonderful memories. Here’s a sample of some of her best scenes on DALLAS!