"Brilliant flowchart proves 'Point Break' and 'The Fast and the Furious' are basically the same movie"
July 24, 2021
Linked because I liked The Fast and the Furious and I really liked Point Break.
Film
"Here Are The 50 Greatest Movie Quotes Ever — I Bet You Can't Finish Just 20 Of Them"
June 25, 2021
Well, I got 48 out of 50. That doesn't make me special, it just makes me . . . old.
"26 iconic movie lines that weren't in the script"
June 12, 2021
"You're gonna need a bigger boat" and 25 others.
"Cate Blanchett touching moments from Award Shows"
May 21, 2021
The woman knows how to accept an award.
"The Most Interesting Scene In The Devil Wears Prada"
May 16, 2021
26-minute video, but if like me you really liked Prada, you could find it worth your time.
"The Big Chill: When Boomers Stumble on the Truth about Their Own Failings"
May 09, 2021
Kyle Smith makes a point I hadn't known about the movie: he interprets it as a brutal exposé of Baby Boomers. (But he still loves it and I liked it a lot.)
"Inside the Dirty Business of Hit Songwriting"
April 23, 2021
Sounds a lot like screenwriting as described by, for example, William Goldman. He complained that writers in Hollywood--without whom the movies wouldn't exist--were usually massively disrespected, were the lowest men on the totem pole.
As an economist it seems like simple supply and demand to me. If artists can credibly threaten to "go get another song" and the songwriters can't counter-threaten to go get another artist, economics tells us who will get the short end of the stick.
Link courtesy of Michael G.
"The 100 Most Iconic Movie Lines of All Time"
April 09, 2021
An excellent six-minute compilation of some really great lines. Barely a miss in the bunch.
"Top 10 Ben Kingsley Performances"
April 04, 2021
A reminder that he has given a bunch of good performances in a bunch of good movies. (13 minute video.)
"The Most-Filmed Location in Every Country"
March 28, 2021
"Central Park has made more screen appearances than any other place in the world."
