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Sunday Morning on Film – Playing Favorites
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 20, 2012
Not too long ago, I interviewed for a job, and when asked about my personal interests, I indicated that, among other things, I am an avid film buff and writer about film. Because film, like the weather, is a safe conversation topic (unlike, say, politics or religion), the hiring manager stayed wi read more
Classic Movie Dogathon: OH HEAVENLY DOG, starring Benji
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 19, 2012
I’m not a dog person. Don’t misunderstand. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Man’s BFF. I just never had a dog when I was a kid, and none of my close friends had dogs when we were all kids, so my exposure to dogs in the so-called formative years of my life was limited. Since read more
Classic Film Review – ADAM’S RIB
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 17, 2012
I often wonder if a contributing factor to the demise of a celebrity relationship is the pressure of media scrutiny. It’s not that the media is to blame for any conflict; it’s because the media tends to influence the public into picking sides, which leads me to wonder if each person in a strugglin read more
Sunday Morning on Film – Should Everything Old Be New Again?
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 12, 2012
I have been bombarded by things nostalgic this week. It began last Sunday, during the Super Bowl (which I watched with an astounding 111 million of my fellow Americans), where many of the commercials had an undeniable ‘80s vibe, particularly the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off-inspired commercial for read more
Whitney Houston: In Memoriam
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 12, 2012
When someone famous passes, particularly when it happens at an age that is decades before we might be less surprised by it, we are often left to ask “What if …?” The question wonders what other works the artist would have created if he/she had lived. The names of the people about whom we hav read more
Film Review – RED TAILS
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 7, 2012
Red Tails, a World War II action film executive-produced and heavily financed by George Lucas, ultimately fails to heed the wisdom of another Lucas creation: Yoda. The Jedi’s now-immortal words were “Do or do not; there is no try.” Unfortunately, this film is heavier on “try” than it is read more
DVD Review – BEGINNERS
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 7, 2012
When my lead sentence continues to want to be, “The dog in this film is adorable,” you know the movie has problems. Welcome to Beginners, from second-time writer/director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker). Read the rest of my Beginners review, including a review of the DVD extras, at Filmoria … read more
Sunday Morning on Cinema – If I Ran Hollywood: Oscar Edition
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 7, 2012
There is this game I like to play. It’s a game I invented, actually. It’s called If I Ran Hollywood. The game has one rule: I run Hollywood. Welcome to the first of an occasional appearance by my inner-megalomaniac. Normally, I take on topics that pertain to the motion picture industry as read more
1980s Movie Mt. Rushmore Part I: John Hughes
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 7, 2012
In the eight-year span between 1982 and 1989, John Hughes wrote, directed, and/or produced 16 movies. Of those, the titles of 14 are still easily recognizable today, even by casual fans of ‘80s films. And of those 14, at least three (The Breakfast Club; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Christmas Vacati read more
Sunday Morning on Cinema – Lessons Learned
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 31, 2012
I’m off to see Red Tails today. The film, exec-produced by George Lucas (yes, that George Lucas), tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen – African American men who, despite facing oppressive segregation back home, proudly and bravely served as United States fighter pilots during World War II. read more
Sunday Morning on Cinema – The More the Merrier
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 22, 2012
On Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30am PST, 8:30am EST, and 1:30pm GMT, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce its 84th annual collection of Oscar® nominees. What makes this year different from any other in the last 60+ years is that we won’t know the number of Best Picture nomi read more
Golden Globes® Awarded – No Runaway Winners
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 16, 2012
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) handed out its 69th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. The star-studded affair, hosted by Ricky Gervais for the second straight year, is considered the major precursor to the Oscars®. Nearly all nominees were in attendance. Going into the even read more
Film Reviews (Seriously) – The Bicycle Thief
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 16, 2012
1948 Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, and Vittorio Antonucci Directed by Vittorio De Sica 93 minutes Twice in my life, I have found myself out of work – reduced, by the stroke of an executive pen (and a really nice one, I’m sure), to a nameless, facele read more
Film Review – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 15, 2012
It was the best of films, it was the “meh” of films. That sounds a little like Charles Dickens, a writer you won’t see in director Woody Allen’s latest film, Midnight in Paris. Part of me is a little surprised by that, given the number of literary (and artistic) luminaries who have cameos read more
A Month of VERTIGO
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 13, 2012
Hello everyone! Please be sure to click on the banner below to visit The Lady Eve’s Reel Life, the blog of my good friend and fellow film fanatic Eve, as she hosts A Month of Vertigo. Throughout January, a dozen bloggers (and one vlogger) will share their musings on every aspect of the timele read more
Film Review – MARGIN CALL
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 11, 2012
As Margin Call opens, Risk Analyst manager Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) is being laid off from his job with a New York-based investment bank. If you’ve ever gone through the layoff process (either as victim or survivor, of which I have been both), you will see how writer/director J.C. Chandor really read more
FULL CIRCLE
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 10, 2012
As this is my final column for ManILoveFilms.com, I thought it would be fitting to come full circle and write about the same topic I wrote about in my first column for ManILoveFilms.com: the Oscar host. And it’s only fitting, I think, to write about the Oscar host, given the Oscar host’s full-circl read more
MY FAVORITE MOVIE POSTERS OF 2011
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 6, 2012
I’ve had some form of movie poster hanging from the walls of my life for as long as I can remember. Even as I write this, I have two movie poster-inspired tins hanging above my desk – one from the original Ocean’s 11 and the other from the original The Day the Earth Stood Still (which puts me read more
Hollywood Sword Master Bob Anderson Dies
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 3, 2012
Bob Anderson, a former Olympic fencer (representing Great Britain in 1952) and Hollywood sword master, has died at the age of 89; he passed away on January 1, 2012. Read the rest at Filmoria … read more
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 3, 2012
Oh, the horror that is the New Year’s resolution. You know it. You make it. You love it. Well, you love it for what? A month, tops? Then you hate it. I’ve been right there with you. As I spent the last week of 2011 enjoying family, friends, food, and films, I pondered my goals for 2012. They seemed read more