Tag Archives: Movies

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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Truman Capote and Harper Lee From Down The Road

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I spend a lot of this space writing about growing up in Alabama, a rich source of material for anyone looking to tell a story. Recently , I found a small commentary in my hometown newspaper about Truman Capote and … Continue reading →

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Snakes on a Plane

Posted on April 28, 2006 by Terry Taylor

The big movies of the summer? Superman. Again. Mission Impossible. Again.  Pirates of the Caribbean. Again. Miami Vice. Again. X-Men. Again. Poseidon.  Again. As usual, a season of agains all over again. And then there’s this:  Snakes on a Plane. … Continue reading →

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My Forrest Gump Childhood

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Several years ago, I was pretty torked when Forrest Gump came out. OK, I am not quite as slow of a yapper as ol’ Forrest, but I am from Alabama and I share a heck of a lot of that … Continue reading →

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