Category Archives: Movies

“The Concession Stand Will Remain Open Five More Minutes”

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Those words were not so much spoken as burped into a crude microphone at the most inopportune moment during a snarled line by John Wayne or a critical piece of dialog by Paul Newman affecting an accent that we all … Continue reading →

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How Starbucks Saved My Life (and made the advertising profession look like a shallow pool of miscreants)

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I have always been leery of guys with three names. Presidents and serial killers come to mind. Into my doubting field of vision has wandered one more – Michael Gates Gill, and his book “How Starbucks Saved My Life: A … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Terry Taylor

The sky is filled with coral and amber blushing against torn clouds edged in a metallic glow. The horizon slices the landscape in half, carving the bottom into a harsh, beautiful surface to be appreciated if not traversed. Through this … Continue reading →

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Hick Flick

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Terry Taylor

My daughter made me watch “The Notebook.” My wife made me watch “Pretty Woman.” They both made me watch “Sweet Home Alabama” and “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.” I am pretty sure if Josh Lucas or Matthew … Continue reading →

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Don’t Pull the Speakers off the Poles

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Terry Taylor

While not exactly an expert on such double-featured institutions, I have spent a little time inside the fence blinds of Deep South drive-in movie theaters, enough time to debate whether they are actually theaters at all, or just big, plywood … Continue reading →

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FF’d

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I couldn’t sleep Saturday night, so I had an idea. I’d just read a Nielsen report explaining that DVRs (digital video recorders) are not causing people to zap commercials like the experts initially assumed. Seems that three-fourths of the DVR-Tivo-ing … Continue reading →

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TMNT’d Again

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Terry Taylor

They’re back – Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo. April is back and so is Casey Jones. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (http://www.tmnt.com) are chopping and kicking and flipping on the big screen after a long vacation from public view – long … Continue reading →

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My Chemical Romance at Starbucks

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If my graying friends are listening to a band from New Jersey, Springsteen’s probably hunched front and center, screaming the everyday lyrics of a tortured life. Some may even admit to an affection for Bon Jovi. So why am I … Continue reading →

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$11

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Checking out of a hotel in North Carolina, I see a man standing at the counter with a business associate of his. This is the conversation: “What is this?” says the man in the dark suit, looking over his friend’s … Continue reading →

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The DaVinci Blog

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Terry Taylor

We have been DaVinci-ized – cryptographed at every turn. Troublesome puzzles gouge at our brains here, difficult translations bore through our thoughts there, long-lost religious icons drip under the sink, deep meanings hide in old paintings. My mother found a … Continue reading →

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