Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on June 18, 2016

Curators and Preservation in Film, Part 1: The Goonies (1985) 6/18/2016 0 Comments A few days ago marked the 31st anniversary of the release of The Goonies (1985) (I missed the 30th). So, I decided to watch it   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on May 21, 2016

Kitty, Big Jim, and The Killers... 5/21/2016 0 Comments Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.- Ernest Hemingway If ow   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on April 10, 2016

And Then There Were None?                                                       5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) 4/10/2016 0 Comments This post is for the Beyond the Cover...   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on April 3, 2016

You Reap What You Sow: The Ice Harvest 4/3/2016 0 Comments "They say there's no such thing as the perfect crime.." So, it’s winter again. And like every winter, there comes that point when we start to w   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on February 1, 2016

You're the Dummy, Dummy 2/1/2016 0 Comments "My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father."Wendy LiebmanDolls, are creepy. M   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on November 20, 2015

Check You Later: Dazed and Confused 11/20/2015 8 Comments This post is part of the Criterion Blogathon, a six day extravaganza of all that is the Criterion Collection. Hosted by three amazing blogs Crit   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on October 25, 2015

Disguised Identity: The Unholy Three (1925) 10/25/2015 2 Comments "Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde This post is for the The Silent Cinema Blogathon hosted by In The Good Old   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on October 11, 2015

Mummy Issues... 10/11/2015 10 Comments "That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun."-Ecclesiastes 1:9 This post is   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on September 23, 2015

Playtime: Tati's Subtle Slap, Sticking It To Modernity 9/23/2015 4 Comments “Comedy is the summit of logic.” Jacques Tati This post is part of the See You In The Fall Blogathon hosted by MovieMovi   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on September 16, 2015

You know how to whistle, don't you? 9/16/2015 4 Comments “With fingernails that shine like justiceAnd a voice that is dark like tinted glassShe is fast and thoroughAnd sharp as a tack...”-Cake, Shor   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on August 2, 2015

Dracula Prefers Blondes 8/2/2015 2 Comments “Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I’m in my blonde period.” -- Hugh Hefner I had two things when I was kid, blonde hair, and an aff   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on July 15, 2015

Choice, Freedom and Revenge in Ride The Pink Horse 7/15/2015 9 Comments “I'm nobody's friend. The man with no place.” -Lucky GaginThis post is for the 1947 Blogathon hosted by Shadows and Satin a   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on June 28, 2015

Do Not Adjust Your Volume: Rififi and the Meditative State of a Heist Scene 6/28/2015 5 Comments This post is for the "...And Scene!" Blogathon hosted by Sister Celluloid. Click here to read all the other memo   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on June 21, 2015

Check and Mate: Sexual Tension and Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 6/21/2015 3 Comments “Do you play?”“Try me.” This post is part of the SEX! (Now that I have your attention) Blogathon hoste   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on June 11, 2015

No Man Is An Island: Creepshow 2's The Raft 6/11/2015 4 Comments This post is part of the Beach Party Blogathon hosted by Speakeasy and Silver Screenings. Click here to check out all the bodacious babes, beach partie   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on May 16, 2015

A Man of Constant Sorrow... 5/16/2015 10 Comments "To travel is to take a journey into yourself" -Danny Kaye This post is part of the My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon in celebration of National Classic Mov&   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on March 29, 2015

Don't Be A Buzz Kill 3/29/2015 0 Comments The temperature is rising. The snow is melting and basements everywhere becoming indoor wading pools. Daylight savings time has collected its hour from us, and the fi   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on March 14, 2015

The First Rule of John Doe Club is... 3/14/2015 0 Comments Identity, who you are, is something I think everyone of us has thought about at some point in our lives. Not only in the sense of what is my purp   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on March 4, 2015

Dances with Vampires, or Pardon Me But Your Snow Shovel Is In My Neck 3/4/2015 0 Comments The one thing that I love about winter is being inside. While this may seem to be a ridiculous statement, why not   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on March 2, 2015

Reel Distracted: An Introduction 3/2/2015 0 Comments “All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.” - Julio Cortazar&#65279   read more