Special Screening_ Army of Darkness

This very weekend my good friend Jason Garnett is bringing Sam Raimi's cult classic "Army of Darkness" to the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va., for two midnight screenings on Friday and Saturday.

Garnett has done an excellent job managing the oldest cinema in the Star City for several years now.

Amazingly enough, I have (somehow) never seen this film!

Silly Photo to Fill Space- Kid Eating Cereal

Is it just me or does this English kid look like a young Malcolm McDowell?

Quote of the Week-Jean Luc-Godard

We love to quote the legendary French filmmaker Jean Luc-Godard here. In fact, we have quoted him more often than anyone except William Shakespeare and Paris Hilton!

"All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun."

All My Friends' Blogs

Since we have been on hiatus for ten years until today, I thought I would give a rundown of some hip entries on my friends' blogs.


For starters, New Yorker Phil Nugent has a great story about a film project that the late Andy Kaufman could never quite get off the ground at his blog The Phil Nugent Experience http://philnugentexperience.blogspot.com

Political Pundit Randall H. Miller, a conservative who voted for Obama, has a great mock interview with Sarah Palin in which the Alaskan governor cites Ronald Reagan as her favorite founding father http://randallhmiller.com

Chris Knight of Reidsville, NC, has an interesting post about a man built a real-life mechanical exoskeleton, like the one seen in "Aliens" in Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska http://theknightshift.blogspot.com (see links)

And, my very good friend and fellow movie fanatic Moviezzz has a great review of the new dvd of Chuck Jones' "Tom and Jerry" cartoons at his blog http://talkingmoviezzz.blogspot.com (see links)

Happy Father's Day

For those to young to remember, the man pictured here Fred MacMurray played a dad on the tv sitcom "My Three Sons," which aired in the sixties. I watched it in reruns as a kid in the seventies. Alas, my own father Mehmet Gokbudak died when I was 13 in 1983.

Summer Vacation ....(well, not exactly)

Well folks, I am both too busy and too overwhelmed and for at least a brief while something has to give. I am hereby putting both of my blogs on a two-week hiatus as the real world has reared its proverbial ugly head. But, we will come back with our usual array of entries ranging from beers in the Muslim world to celebrities who may or may not still be with us.........the next entry in that series is scheduled to former game show host Richard Dawson ("Family Feud") and I am still in the process of determining if he is indeed with us or not with us!

Songs of Our Youth (1 of 11)

"Shoplifters of the World" by The Smiths


NOTE: We are indeed resurrecting this series because it is: a) not too time-consuming b) very hip and c) very popular!

I suppose The Smiths, who were fronted by Morrissey, have a web site but we are to pressed for time to find out what that is!

For those who don't know the song, the opening lyrics are:

"Shoplifters of the world unite and take over."