I heard this song on the radio today (Sirius XM on Broadway) and it was a cover of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”. It had me very intrigued and I began thinking of great faous Broadway music that could have potentially been released as stand alone singles. And here begins my picks of what I listened [...]
Take One: Hits and Misses from the World of Bond
As strange as this may sound, this week’s Take One will focus on the gun barrel sequence that kicks off every James Bond film. Maurice Binder, who created the titles for most of the Bond films until GoldenEye (except for From Russia with Love and Goldfinger) those were created by Robert Brownjon) took a small [...]
Happy Almost Halloween!
It’s October, the “scariest” month of the year (depending on who you talk to, December may be the scariest, especially near Christmas), and that means much more horror and suspense reviews. Expect classics, new releases, and bottem-of-the-barrel reviews. Happy Halloween!
Take One: The “King” of Horror
One of my favorite writers is Stephen King. Yes, he writes lots of scary stuff, but 1. what’s wrong with writing in a certain genre and 2. he doesn’t just write horror. Or, if you think about it, everyone writes horror to some extent. But my point is that King is a good writer period, [...]
Take One: Book Adaptations
I apologize for the lack of reviews recently. I haven’t had much time to get out to the movies, much less rent them.
Anyway, this week’s topic is films based upon books. I have had a problem, because I am an obsessive perfectionist when it comes to adapting things (e.g. for papers, films, books). I [...]
Take One: A Weekly Opinion: Audio Commentaries
This week, I am introducing a new kind of post called “Take One”. Today, I am discussing audio commentaries that are featured on DVDs. Some audio commentaries I like; the ones that are made by intelligent sounding filmmakers and actors. Like the one provided on Across the Universe, which had director Julie Taymore and music [...]
Welcome to The Movie Scene
Hello, welcome to The Movie Scene. This blog feature reviews of the latest films and coolest DVDs, all written by yours truly. I hope you enjoy this blog and I hope you come back and check out what’s new. Please comment and leave your thoughts.
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