John Glenn, one of America’s premiere - both in timing and stature - astronauts passed away last week at the well-worn age of 95. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in space, doing so in 1962 before going on to a career as a senator for 25 years, during which time he … Continue reading Flashback MMM: The Right Stuff
Flashback MMM: Singin’ In The Rain
This week saw the release of the festival favorite La La Land, an original musical about two young struggling entertainers who find each other and fall in love surrounded by showbiz and Los Angeles. So it’s only fitting that this week’s Flashback MMM focus on an earlier movie musical that also told a love story … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Singin’ In The Rain
Flashback MMM: Space Jam
Space Jam, the Looney Tunes feature film featuring basketball superstar Michael Jordan, is not a great movie. At least I don’t remember it being very good, though I’ve probably seen it maybe once since it first came out 20 years. But the legend of the movie as...I’m not sure, a campy good time (?) has … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Space Jam
Flashback MMM: Sneakers
Movies aren't always that best at portraying technology. Too often tech is portrayed clumsily and inaccurately, with the screenwriters and other people involved apparently hoping 90% of the audience doesn't care or doesn't catch the simplistic ways it's used or abused. One of the better movies, at least in the last 25 years, was the … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Sneakers
Flashback MMM: Medicine for Melancholy
I honestly couldn't tell you why I didn't cover Barry Jenkins' first movie as writer and director, Medicine for Melancholy, when it came out back in 2009. Perhaps it was a busy week, perhaps I couldn't find a good version of the trailer. Whatever the reason, as I was prepping my review of the campaign … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Medicine for Melancholy
Flashback MMM: Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese’s gritty, groundbreaking movie Taxi Driver is returning to theaters this weekend, with special Fathom Events-hosted screenings marking the 40th anniversary since its release, joining a new Blu-ray restoration being released in a few weeks. So it's a good time, I think, to take a look at the movie's campaign. But this time instead … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Taxi Driver
Flashback MMM: To Have and Have Not
I recently decided I hadn't read enough Earnest Hemingway. Old Man and the Sea and one or two others I don't really remember were covered in high school but it's been at least 25 years since I cracked anything by the renowned author. So I turned to the local library to help fill in the … Continue reading Flashback MMM: To Have and Have Not
Flashback MMM: Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice wasn't Tim Burton's first big-screen directorial effort. That would be Pee-Wee's Big Adventure three years prior. But it was the first that could be legitimately called "A Tim Burton movie" and bear what would come to be recognized as the director's signature style of gothic looks and dark humor. The story, as everyone knows, … Continue reading Flashback MMM: Beetlejuice
Flashback MMM: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
This week's The Magnificent Seven is, of course, not the first time the story of a group of vagabonds being assembled to protect a small town or village from a band of outlaws has been told on screen. Back in 1960 director John Sturges translated the classic Akira Kurosawa movie The Seven Samurai to the popular … Continue reading Flashback MMM: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Flashback MMM – Head
I'm an unabashed fan of The Monkees. I used to come home from school and watch their TV show, which debuted 50 years ago this week, in reruns (I'm not that old). I had their first four albums on LP and, as a kid, would play along on my toy drumkit, pretending I was Mickey … Continue reading Flashback MMM – Head
Chris Thilk 