Tag: Movies
The Beauty Inside
One of the best things that I love about movies is the way that you get blind sided every once in a while and totally shocked by what you experience. You know, you expect one thing and then all of a sudden you get the rug pulled from under you, usually in a good way….
Say What You Need To Say
I love John Mayer’s “SAY” from “The Bucket List”. He wrote it after being moved to tears from reading the script. What a beautiful song and powerful message. We should all make a bucket list and say what we need to say while we still can in this wonderful life. Lyrics for “SAY” Take all…
TRUST
Hal Hartley’s”Trust” (1990) is one of my favorite movies ever. It’s unusual, like the director himself, so I know it’s not for everyone. It’s dark humor and full of quirky dialogue but I just love it all. The two leads Martin Donovan and the late Adrienne Shelley were perfect. Unfortunately, you can’t even purchase the…
Phenomenon
One of the most underrated movies has to be “Phenomenon” starring John Travolta. It is one of my all-time favorites. There are so many things that I love about this movie. The performances by everyone in the cast, especially Travolta and Forest Whitaker. Robert Duval was also amazing as the doctor. I loved this story…
The Graduate
One of my favorite movies of all-time is “The Graduate” (1967) starring a young Dustin Hoffman. Everything about the movie worked perfectly together. The direction from Mike Nichols (Oscar winning), the acting, the coming of age theme, romantic twists and most of all the music! Simon and Garfunkel’s haunting score was a wonderful part of…
Twitter is this generation's CB Radio
Everyone is going ga ga over twitter these days but it reminds me of a similar communications craze that swept the country way back in the 1970s when I was tiny little Pai. I’m talking about CB (Citizens’ Band) Radio which reached its peak of populariy in 1975/1976 with the hit song “CONVOY” by C.W….
