Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Déjà vu
- Commentary: Under construction.
One unrelated-but-not note regarding brother of Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, who suicided in 2012. You know that perfectly atmospheric logo that typically runs at the beginning or end of Scott Free films? You know the one I mean, this one. Well, I only started noticing it some years after 2008, when I got into the habit of watching opening and closing credits, which I never did when my mother was alive and she and I watched movies together. She would get antsy during pre- and post-movie credits, so I'd ffwd through them, or simply end the movie, well, at the end of the story part. Anyway, a little more than a few years after she died, I started watching credits, again, and was charmed by the Scott Free logo. I always imagined that it was designed by Ridley Scott as a memorial to his brother Tony Scott after his suicide. Turns out, as you'll appreciate from this interesting and inventive history of the logo, it was actually created and used 16 years or so before Tony Scott died. In a way, I suppose, the logo, itself, is a reverse form of déjà vu, a prediction of the future rather than a repetition of the past. Which is interesting, considering this movie, in particular, which addresses flowing forward and backward in time. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it.
As usual, expect more later.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Denzel Washington ATF Spc. Agt. Douglas Carlin Paula Patton Claire Kuchever Val Kilmer FBI Spc. Agt. Paul Pryzwarra Jim Caviezel Carroll Oerstadt Adam Goldberg Dr. Alexander Denny Elden Henson Gunnars Erika Alexander Shanti Elle Fanning Abbey Bruce Greenwood FBI Spc Agt. Jack McCready Rich Hutchman Agent Stalhuth Matt Craven Minuti Enrique Castillo Claire's Father
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2006
Directed by Tony Scott.
Labels: denzel-washington, elle-fanning, enrique-castillo, tony-scott
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Touched by an Angel, Seasons 1 - 9
- Who's watched: M & G, ad infinitum
- Mentions: *1* *2* *3* *4* *5* *6* *7*
- Commentary: For the most complete coverage of this series in our lives, best for you to click into the first Mention, above. Otherwise, suffice it to say that, as of this date, I still haven't been able to watch any of the episodes of this series (as I haven't since my mother's death), but refuse to pass these DVDs on to someone else.
* As usual, while there are many directors throughout the seasons, female directors are merely scattered throughout. In fact, the first season had no female directors. I guess that figures, since it's a series underhandedly about the Abrahamic God.
P. S.: I recall that there are at at least a couple of Christmas stories in this set ... I just don't know which episodes they are.
Update 2/10/18: True, not your classic super-hero series but, don't you agree, the angels act miraculously and certainly have what humans would consider super-powers. And, they help people and, in a few episodes, do battle with Satan, their nemesis. What could be more super-heroic than that?!?
Update 5/24/22: Yet another post published on 4/09/09 that "disappeared" and I had to recapture.
Update 11/24/22: In case you're curious, the Touched by an Angel episode in which Kirk Douglas acted was season 6-episode 18, "Bar Mitzvah".
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Roma Downey Monica Della Reese Tess John Dye Andrew Valerie Bertinelli Gloria Alexis Cruz Rafael Charles Rocket Adam Paul Winfield Sam Cloris Leachman Ruth
Ossie Davis appeared as Erasmus Jones in "Touched by an Angel" Season 3/Episodes 11 "Promised Land" & 12 "The Homecoming"; "Touched by an Angel" Season 4 Episode 1 "The Road Home Part 1"; Season 5 Episode 2 "Saving Grace Part 1"
Ossie Davis appeared as Gabe in "Touched by an Angel" Season 6 Episode 10 "The Christmas Gift"
Ossie Davis appeared as Gabriel in "Touched by an Angel" Season 9 Episode 9 "Remembering Me Part 2"
Piper Laurie appeared in Touched by an Angel, Season 4/Episode 12, "Venice"
John de Lancie appeared in Touched by an Angel, Season 4/Episode 5, "Jones vs. God"
Nancy Allen appeared in Touched by an Angel, Season 1/Episode 7, "An Unexpected Snow"
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1994-2003
Directed by: See * note above.
Labels: Christmas, edward-james-olmos, enrique-castillo, fantasy2, female-director3, jesse-borrego, john-de-lancie, kirk-douglas, mom-favorite1, nancy-allen, ossie-davis, piper-laurie, spiritual1, william-devane
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Blood In Blood Out
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: My devotion to this movie is one of my dirty little movie secrets. I am so devoted to it that I prefer to refer to it by its original name, above, rather than it's retooled title "Bound by Honor". That's how it was billed when I originally saw it in the theater. My devotion to it is why my mother has seen it. Aside from owning the dvd, whenever it appears on network or cable, abridged or unabridged, if we're watching TV we're watching this movie. My mother tolerates it, watches it from the corner of her eye, occasionally comments on The Day of the Dead scenes (which she loves) and patiently waits for it to be over.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Damian Chapa Miko Velka Jesse Borrego Cruz Candelaria Benjamin Bratt Paco Aguilar Enrique Castillo Montana Seguera Delroy Lindo Bonafide Victor Rivers Magic Tom Towles Red Ryder Carlos Carrasco Popeye Lanny Flaherty Big Al Billy Bob Thornton Lightning Danny Trejo Geronimo Theodore Wilson Wallace
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1993
Directed by Taylor Hackford.
Labels: delroy-lindo, dramaD, enrique-castillo, gang-movie, jesse-borrego, me-favorite4, revenge2, taylor-hackford, violence3
Sunday, October 09, 2005
In Good Company
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: *1* *2* *3*
- Commentary: All time favorite for both of us. Right up there with My Best Friend's Wedding.
This is a jaunty, what-do-I-do-now-that-I-have-no-job film. As with most of these types of films, the solution the movie conjures is impractical at best, impossible at worst. It's a feel good scenario, though. When Mom first saw the film she chuckled most of the way through. Although she's not really aware of it, she's a big fan of Dennis Quaid (his screen presence, that is; I doubt she'd know his name if she heard it).
Update 5/12/2022: I didn't acquire The Day After Tomorrow until after she died; I wasn't even aware of it. I'm sorry it was late coming to my awareness because I knew, as I first watched it, if she'd seen it, she would have drooled throughout the entire movie because of the presence of Dennis Quaid.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Dennis Quaid Dan Foreman Topher Grace Carter Duryea Scarlett Johansson Alex Foreman Marg Helgenberger Ann Foreman Clark Gregg Mark Steckle David Paymer Morty Wexler Philip Baker Hall Eugene Kalb Malcolm McDowell Teddy K Selma Blair Kimberly Amy Aquino Alicia Frankie Faison Role Name Corwin Hector
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2004
Directed by Paul Weitz.
Labels: comedy2, enrique-castillo, malcolm-mcdowell, shared-favorite
