Today is the day. The day JAWS came out on Blu-Ray. On my late and dearly missed Mom's birthday, no less. And I had a solid plan to get it in my grubby hands. Could I have ordered it online on Amazon? Sure. But when I saw this past Sunday there was a Best Buy …
The Fabulous Richard Z
Movie producer-filmmaker-mogul Richard Zanuck (1934-2012) passed away on July 13 (yes, as usual I'm behind the times), leaving behind a damn good resume. Of course, it starts with Jaws. No, that's not where he started, but for me, it's his most important film. But that's not the whole story by any stretch. Zanuck's father was …
Cool as Vice
Revisited an old friend last night via Netfilx Streaming -- the movie Busting, one of the most underrated films of the 1970s (aka the greatest decade in the history of cinema) in my humble opinion. First encountered this gem on the fantastic WHT. Yes, amazingly did not see this in the theaters, but even my …
March Master
As the faithful readers of this blog (all half dozen of them) are well aware, I'm not very timely with my posts. Heck, if that was the case, I'd be posting every other day. And I had every intention of this post being on time, but well, it didn't work out...But anyway... May 31st is …
Movies, Movies
On this occasion of Good Friday, I'm reminded of all the great Fridays I enjoyed as a kid. Because that's the day the new movies come out. Which, when I was younger, meant Arthur Treachers, or gyros, or some other fast food joint for dinner. Then a movie. Back when it was easy to get …
Take Me To The River
This year, for our 10th anniversary, my awesome wife bought me a Blu-Ray player. Now I will admit I was a little hesitant at first only because I knew a Blu-Ray player would cost me money due to my DVD addiction. But I vowed not to upgrade existing DVDs unless the extras were out of …
Eh-vatar
So I guess I was the last self-proclaimed film geek to see Avatar. Back at the end of July (yes, I've been meaning to post about it for that long but haven't made the time) I watched it on Blu-ray, courtesy of the fine folks at Netflix. Is Avatar the biggest box-office hit of all …
When The Music’s (Thankfully Never) Over
When it comes to music, Genesis is my favorite band. Others that are up there near the top include The Beatles, Rush, Led Zeppelin, and Foo Fighters. But there's one band that I've loved since my silly teen years that I keep coming back to over and over. An immortal band that produced incredible music …
Fast Fish
Last Saturday, June 20th, was not only Father's Day, and the birthday of one of my oldest and closest friends, but also the 35th anniversary of the release of JAWS, otherwise known as the second greatest movie ever made. Of course when JAWS was released in the summer of 1975, my family saw it in …
Doc, Doc, Goose
I'm a big fan of film documentaries. Whether they're specific to one movie (Hearts of Darkness; the Jaws documentary that originally appeared on the super laserdisc set), one personality (Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures), or a decade's worth of cinema (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls; A Decade Under The Influence). This week, I had the …
Von Luger's Butter 