Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
November 11, 2018
July 13, 2017
The Green Chair
| You Should Sit in a Green Chair |
 You are the most harmonious person in the world. You know how to bring different types of people together. You have a healing energy, and you are a natural peacemaker. Things tend to get better when you show up. You are a powerful force, but you are never aggressive about it. In fact, you do a lot more listening than talking. You are a good communicator and excel at finding compromise. You believe that people have more in common than they think they do. |
Not sure if any of the results really fit me, but if you give me a green chair, I'd sit in it.
Just as long as it wasn't Behind the Green Door
June 7, 2017
May 23, 2017
R.I.P. Roger Moore
R.I.P. Roger Moore (1927-2017)
While I liked Sean Connery in the iconic role, he was the "rough-edged" James Bond; Moore added the debonair, suave quality Connery did not possess.
While I liked Sean Connery in the iconic role, he was the "rough-edged" James Bond; Moore added the debonair, suave quality Connery did not possess.
May 12, 2017
The Difference An "R" Makes
Too funny and a weird coincidence: I was just checking my Facebook news feed and saw one of those hilarious greeting cards on a wall, but what they described on it happened to me just yesterday!
I was flipping through the channels and stopped on Batman Begins but it had already been on for thirty minutes or so and I wanted to watch the entire thing, so I didn't stay long. I watched long enough to see a scene with the young Jim Gordon and the actor looked familiar so I went to IMDb to see the cast of characters and found out the actor was Gary Oldman. To be honest, I wasn't all that familiar with him until his recent role as Sirius Black in several of the Harry Potter movies. I had seen him in several of his earlier movies, such as JFK and Hannibal, but I guess he just didn't make that much of an impression on me or I didn't recognize him in the different roles.
I went to Google to view some of his photographs just to see how he's aged over the years and how he looked in other movie roles. I quickly typed in his name, but made a typo.
Trust me, you don't really want to view the pics of "Gay Oldman". (well, maybe you DO, but I sure didn't.)
I was flipping through the channels and stopped on Batman Begins but it had already been on for thirty minutes or so and I wanted to watch the entire thing, so I didn't stay long. I watched long enough to see a scene with the young Jim Gordon and the actor looked familiar so I went to IMDb to see the cast of characters and found out the actor was Gary Oldman. To be honest, I wasn't all that familiar with him until his recent role as Sirius Black in several of the Harry Potter movies. I had seen him in several of his earlier movies, such as JFK and Hannibal, but I guess he just didn't make that much of an impression on me or I didn't recognize him in the different roles.
I went to Google to view some of his photographs just to see how he's aged over the years and how he looked in other movie roles. I quickly typed in his name, but made a typo.
Trust me, you don't really want to view the pics of "Gay Oldman". (well, maybe you DO, but I sure didn't.)
May 8, 2017
March 26, 2017
The Oracle of Bacon
The Oracle of Bacon, one of my long-time favorite sites.
The object of the game is simple: find the shortest route, via movies, from any actor to Kevin Bacon using other actors who were fellow cast mates in a particular movie, creating a chain of mutual movies. For example, just the other day I saw a movie with the lovely actress Teri Polo in it. I entered her name (spelling it wrong, but the site will offer up choices of actors if there's any doubt) and found that there were only two movies and one mutual fellow cast mate between Polo and Bacon:
The object of the game is simple: find the shortest route, via movies, from any actor to Kevin Bacon using other actors who were fellow cast mates in a particular movie, creating a chain of mutual movies. For example, just the other day I saw a movie with the lovely actress Teri Polo in it. I entered her name (spelling it wrong, but the site will offer up choices of actors if there's any doubt) and found that there were only two movies and one mutual fellow cast mate between Polo and Bacon:
The site uses the database of another of my favorite sites, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) The results are cached on their server, so any new queries will appear quickly. There's also a couple of other interesting features of the site, finding out the "Center of the Hollywood Universe" ranking of a particular actor as well as a useful one, finding actors with a certain letter of their last name. (one of those "tip of the tongue" tools)
For you baseball fans, there's also an Oracle of Baseball which will link baseball players in the same manner as the Bacon Oracle, only using teams and mutual teammates.
January 10, 2017
Filmillion
From the site:
How To Play:
Think about a movie
Answer about 30 questions
Filmillion will guess the movie.
While you're there, read the About Game section where it explains how the website came into being, based upon an actual machine that was put into a cinema but was not a commercial success.
I had been looking for the movie The Genius Club (see post directly below this one) and tried it with the site. I actually stumped it...but the movie was "unknown" to them (and unknown to millions of theater goers, too, apparently). I then tried Dr. Strangelove and it guessed it within 30 questions!
What Is My Movie?
Whatismymovie.com
From the site:
Describe a movie
Use your own words, or search with titles, actors, directors, genres etc. We find movies for you to watch.
Search tips
Describe any aspect of the movie content you are looking for, and we will find the best movies for you.
Search for example:
find all Harry Potter movies
find me James Bond movies with Sean Connery
show me parody films scifi movie about space battles and laser guns
eastwood protecting the president
romantic scifi movie comedy in hawaii
ridley scott columbus expedition
OR
Search by typing exact movie quotes using quotations marks:
"may the force be with you"
Best way to find actors is to use full name with quotation marks.
I stumbled across this site while trying to think of the movie The Genius Club (which I had reviewed a few yrs. back, but since I couldn't remember the title, couldn't find it using the Blogger search feature). I plugged in "Geniuses hostages printer ink" and the name popped up right away!
From the site:
Describe a movie
Use your own words, or search with titles, actors, directors, genres etc. We find movies for you to watch.
Search tips
Describe any aspect of the movie content you are looking for, and we will find the best movies for you.
Search for example:
find all Harry Potter movies
find me James Bond movies with Sean Connery
show me parody films scifi movie about space battles and laser guns
eastwood protecting the president
romantic scifi movie comedy in hawaii
ridley scott columbus expedition
OR
Search by typing exact movie quotes using quotations marks:
"may the force be with you"
Best way to find actors is to use full name with quotation marks.
I stumbled across this site while trying to think of the movie The Genius Club (which I had reviewed a few yrs. back, but since I couldn't remember the title, couldn't find it using the Blogger search feature). I plugged in "Geniuses hostages printer ink" and the name popped up right away!
July 1, 2016
Sharknado 4
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens is set to open at the end of this month.
I'm thinkin' it's GOTTA be good.
Why do I think that, you ask?
It has Gary Busey in it, that's why.
I'm thinkin' it's GOTTA be good.
Why do I think that, you ask?
It has Gary Busey in it, that's why.
May 28, 2016
May 23, 2016
May 8, 2016
Music from Film
Music from Film helps you identify music from movies and TV shows by explaining what was on screen when the songs were playing.
There are plenty of websites on the internet listing the songs that feature in TV shows and movies. But if there's a choice of many you still won't know which is the one you want.
You could try asking on message boards, searching the lyrics on Google, listening to loads of songs on iTunes, etc, but that's time consuming and often unsuccessful.
We present the songs alongside the scene information so that you can quickly identify the track you're looking for.
There are plenty of websites on the internet listing the songs that feature in TV shows and movies. But if there's a choice of many you still won't know which is the one you want.
You could try asking on message boards, searching the lyrics on Google, listening to loads of songs on iTunes, etc, but that's time consuming and often unsuccessful.
We present the songs alongside the scene information so that you can quickly identify the track you're looking for.
May 5, 2016
Can You Name the Movie?
Using only a one-word clue?
I took the quiz and didn't do all that well, surprising me because I consider myself pretty good at movie trivia. I think my biggest problem was being aware of the ticking clock and thinking that the more time I took, the worse my score. That's not the case, so take all the time you need.
That said, there was no way I was going to get them all correct, but there were a few movies I couldn't remember that I should have. Also, I misspelled a couple and it won't accept the answer.
I took the quiz and didn't do all that well, surprising me because I consider myself pretty good at movie trivia. I think my biggest problem was being aware of the ticking clock and thinking that the more time I took, the worse my score. That's not the case, so take all the time you need.
March 20, 2016
The Oracle of Bacon
Ever heard of or played the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? It works on the premise that everyone in Hollywood has worked with Kevin Bacon or worked with someone who has worked with Kevin Bacon and can be linked in six steps or less.
Well, here's a great online version:
The premise is simple; input the name of an actor/actress and click the button "Find Link" to see how he/she is connected to Kevin Bacon. According to the site, any link of four or more is rare. I would agree, because I've tried and tried and never done better than three. Two links has been my average. I've thought of some obscure films, B-movies and used the names of people who had insignificant roles in those flicks and have always been disappointed with the results.
Give it a go and tell us how you've done!
(a "bump" from March 25, 2012)
Well, here's a great online version:
The premise is simple; input the name of an actor/actress and click the button "Find Link" to see how he/she is connected to Kevin Bacon. According to the site, any link of four or more is rare. I would agree, because I've tried and tried and never done better than three. Two links has been my average. I've thought of some obscure films, B-movies and used the names of people who had insignificant roles in those flicks and have always been disappointed with the results.
Give it a go and tell us how you've done!
(a "bump" from March 25, 2012)
February 22, 2016
Family?
One of these doesn't fit with the others.
Synopsis: A world traveling ghost hunter mysteriously disappears leaving everything to his niece; who accidentally releases a horde of angry spirits, imprisoned in liquor bottles, during her Fourth of July party
Distiller on IMDb.
Not my cuppa, but you might like it. Not sure it's family fare, though.
It's got booze in it, after all.
Synopsis: A world traveling ghost hunter mysteriously disappears leaving everything to his niece; who accidentally releases a horde of angry spirits, imprisoned in liquor bottles, during her Fourth of July party
Distiller on IMDb.
Not my cuppa, but you might like it. Not sure it's family fare, though.
It's got booze in it, after all.
February 2, 2016
Happy Garazon Day!
(A "bump" from 2009)
Well, it's actually Groundhog Day, but for the last 7-8 yrs. I always think of my online pal Garazon because he once said it was one of his favorite "holidays".
I've never really given the date much significance; around these parts there almost always are six more weeks of bad weather after the start of February...and we don't have groundhogs, either.
If you want to know more about the holiday, visit the official website of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day, the hilariously funny 1993 release starring Bill Murray. Here's the trailer:
If you've never seen it, it's certainly worth the price of a DVD/VHS rental. Shoot, it's probably in the .49 cent section!
Back to Garazon Day....
For several years, our buddy "G" was alone
But now he's got some company!
Just like St. Patrick's Day when everyone is Irish, today everyone is a groundhog!
Here's me
Just like me...always looking the wrong way!
Well, it's actually Groundhog Day, but for the last 7-8 yrs. I always think of my online pal Garazon because he once said it was one of his favorite "holidays".
I've never really given the date much significance; around these parts there almost always are six more weeks of bad weather after the start of February...and we don't have groundhogs, either.
If you want to know more about the holiday, visit the official website of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day, the hilariously funny 1993 release starring Bill Murray. Here's the trailer:
If you've never seen it, it's certainly worth the price of a DVD/VHS rental. Shoot, it's probably in the .49 cent section!
Back to Garazon Day....
For several years, our buddy "G" was alone
But now he's got some company!
Just like St. Patrick's Day when everyone is Irish, today everyone is a groundhog!
Here's me
Just like me...always looking the wrong way!
How Many Days?
How many days does Bill Murray spend stuck in Groundhog Day? (one of my favorite movies of all-time!) The movie isn't very clear, but there are hints and the rest can be, as this video shows, fairly easily deducted from scenes in the movie. I'm not for sure how accurate the final number is, but it sounds good to me!
January 15, 2016
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