College (1927)

I'm re-watching Buster Keaton's film College and it's remarkable how modern this film looks. Just think of how movies looked ten years prior. The comedy is so sharp & precise. Zero overacting. The stunts, like always, iconic. Keaton's acting is always natural, not to mention his amazing physicality (watch the scene where he tries some campus athletics. There was a lot of muscle packed in his tiny body). Silent film at its finest.

I highly recommend this movie if you are a comedy fan. Once you watch it, go ahead and continue with The Camera Man (1928) for more.

Easter Parade (1948)

When I was 13 I had the VHS, the soundtrack AND I performed Judy's parts 'til I dropped.

I will never be as cool like that again.

He is Big Bird (and a part of us, too...)

It's hard not to get emotional  watching this. The man  has dedicated his life to teach us  and to give us great childhood memories. Can't wait to see this. Caroll Spinney is a true living legend.

The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us....

Late night watching a movie. I'm eating seeds and I look up to see this. Gerard Butler knows what's up. Am I supposed to go on a quest and find him now or something?

---Cristina

*All joking aside Chasing Mavericks was a good film. I cried real tears. Big ones. Unexpected.

Judy Garland - The Joint is Really Jumpin' Down at Carnegie Hall (1943)

She sings: "I said to hear you get in the groove".

Forty years before Madonna.

Judy Garland - Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (1949)

Listen to this. I promise you it will be stuck in your head for days. Especially after Van Johnson's quick ditty. Of course Judy kicks his butt. And you will love every moment. It's the power of Judy Garland.

You're welcome!

Buster Keaton

His films aren't just meant to be enjoyed. They are meant to be STUDIED. Anybody who is involved in comedy writing/directing/editing/producing/acting needs to know his filmography inside & out.

I can't remember when I first started watching him, I was so little. Probably when I was five or six. Back then I thought he was 'young Chaplin'. I thought he was the same guy, but his mustache had not 'grown' just yet. My knowledge of Keaton's life and films has expanded quite a lot since then...

It's over twenty years now and I still love him. Well, both. He and Chaplin are my soulmates.

Every Sunday in October Turner Classic Movies is going to be showing marathons of his films. And that makes me happy. (I'm not headed toward an intellectual discussion here. Like I said, he simply makes me happy.)

Another post about a mouse.

This is from a TERRIBLE movie called Zapped! from 1982. I should've known it was going to suck balls the moment I saw Scott Baio in the credits. I could only watch the first few minutes before I shut the computer and contemplated how the producers of this film got up every morning and started their day thinking "I'm going to the set to work my film called Zapped!"

I hope they've had their memories erased by some sort of medical procedure so they can forget ever being involved in such a project. And they should call me so I can erase mine from watching it.

The mouse was the most interesting part of the film and he could out-act them all, even underwater.

I blame myself for staying up so late that night and going on a Netflix search frenzy.

Never again.