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 …
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 …
The list is almost endless
OK, let's get crackin. I'm not the type of guy who is going to get into scholarly discussions about film. (For something like that, done much better than I ever could, check out the awesome Bradley On Film) Or the type who is creative with a lot of uber-cool graphics (for that, see Ichiban Weapon …
Von Luger's Butter 