Tag Archives: Movies

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Let’s all gather around the fake tree – the tattered Tannenbaum that no one will want to take down in January – and pretend we can’t wait to watch “A Christmas Story” for 24 straight hours on tbs. Fah-ra-ra-ra-ra. It’s … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Bone

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

If you have ever lived in certain parts of the South for any length of time, spend two hours watching this movie. If you have never lived down here, spend those same two hours getting acquainted with the landscape. Tweet … Continue reading →

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Social Network: You and Mr. Zuckerberg

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Terry Taylor

If you haven’t seen Social Network, go now. Go tonight. Go tomorrow. It’s a heartwarming tale of genius and greed and betrayal, brilliantly written, directed and acted. No doubt, there will be soon be movies that examine Napster’s start (a … Continue reading →

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Get Low

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The packed theater darkens. There are no previews. What flows across the screen appears to be 1930’s Tennessee. Accents like the ones I grew up with in Alabama pour from the Dolby speakers. My mind returns to the storytellers I … Continue reading →

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3Damned Awesome

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Terry Taylor

The new high-end LED/LCD, 3D HDTV’s are ruining my old school eyes, but not in a painful way. It is delightfully devious retina ruination, an eye-opening bite of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, like in Genesis. … Continue reading →

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The Mutant With The Bad Script

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I’m not going to mention the name of the movie we saw last weekend. It was on DVD and the title was intriguing and the picture on the case was an eye-puller. But this thing sucked. It sucked so … Continue reading →

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“It’s Toy Story meets Unforgiven!”

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Terry Taylor

We have seen the combinations for years. A new movie debuts and in an effort to wedge it firmly between our attention span and our wallet, the marketing people try to toss out two past blockbusters to describe their film … Continue reading →

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“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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