Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 20, 2014

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 20, 2014

Why? Really, just… why? Why try to spin a TV show out of a hit comedy film like Blazing Saddles when you can’t use any of the elements that made to film so original and funny? And why am I sharing it with you now? I’ll admit, most of the...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 17, 2014

I suspect Showtime’s upcoming Penny Dreadful is one of those shows that’s going to either be very very good or very very bad. Of course, the worst thing it could be is simply boring. I’m really hoping that the characters will be given some room to breathe and take on...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 17, 2014

I suspect Showtime’s upcoming Penny Dreadful is one of those shows that’s going to either be very very good or very very bad. Of course, the worst thing it could be is simply boring. I’m really hoping that the characters will be given some room to breathe and take on...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 14, 2014

You’ve got Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and of course, Marilyn Monroe. You’ve got a slick script by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. You’ve also got Wilder at his directorial best. You’ve got a great soundtrack, including Marilyn singing “I Want To Be Loved By You”   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 14, 2014

You’ve got Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and of course, Marilyn Monroe. You’ve got a slick script by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. You’ve also got Wilder at his directorial best. You’ve got a great soundtrack, including Marilyn singing “I Want To Be Loved By You”   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

I wrote about this before, back when it was opening in Japan. Yurusarezaru Mono is a Japanese remake of the 1992 Academy Award-winning (including Best Picture and Best Director) film Unforgiven which starred and was directed by Clint Eastwood. Now we’ve finally got a new trailer for the film,   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

Okay, let’s just be completely honest here: If you saw Scarlett Johansson standing by the side of the road hitchhiking, you’d stop to pick her up. Of course, if you knew she was an alien who intended to have sex with and then kill you for some unknown reason? Yeah,...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

I just wanted to send out a quick update for those who follow the blog by e-mail and may have clicked through earlier to check out today’s Old Time Radio Thursday post on The Story Lady. Unfortunately, it appears that in the time that I originally wrote that post and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

I wrote about this before, back when it was opening in Japan. Yurusarezaru Mono is a Japanese remake of the 1992 Academy Award-winning (including Best Picture and Best Director) film Unforgiven which starred and was directed by Clint Eastwood. Now we’ve finally got a new trailer for the film,   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

Okay, let’s just be completely honest here: If you saw Scarlett Johansson standing by the side of the road hitchhiking, you’d stop to pick her up. Of course, if you knew she was an alien who intended to have sex with and then kill you for some unknown reason? Yeah,...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 13, 2014

I just wanted to send out a quick update for those who follow the blog by e-mail and may have clicked through earlier to check out today’s Old Time Radio Thursday post on The Story Lady. Unfortunately, it appears that in the time that I originally wrote that post and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 11, 2014

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #075 on the list, Carol Reed’s The Third Man. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 11, 2014

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #075 on the list, Carol Reed’s The Third Man. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 10, 2014

I haven’t written much about Jong Boon-Ho’s Snowpiercer, because I’ve been waiting to see how all of the off-screen, behind-the-scenes machinations played out. Okay, here’s the short version of the story so far: Snowpiercer is the latest film from acclaimed Korean director Bo   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 10, 2014

I haven’t written much about Jong Boon-Ho’s Snowpiercer, because I’ve been waiting to see how all of the off-screen, behind-the-scenes machinations played out. Okay, here’s the short version of the story so far: Snowpiercer is the latest film from acclaimed Korean director Bo   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 6, 2014

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 6, 2014

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more