***SPOILER*** Wow!!! That was my initial reaction after my first viewing of Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS! Tom Hanks was Oscar worthy as The Colonel, and Austin Butler was mesmerizing as Elvis! The way Austin captured Elvis’ trying not to smile humble smile was uncanny, as is shown in the scene [continue reading]
Rebel Without A Cause is one of my favorite movies, as James Dean is my favorite actor, but East of Eden is actually my favorite of the three Dean made. But of course there is no book (or at least I haven’t found one yet) about the making of East of Eden like there are on Dean’s other [continue reading]
I love The Karate Kid! It is my second favorite movie. I loved it when I saw it in the movie theater in 1984 when I was 11, I loved it when I watched it over and over on vhs then dvd then streaming, I loved it when I went to the screening two years ago and met Ralph Macchio (who I’d been in [continue reading]
For my Elvis ‘R’ topic, I could have chosen the song “Release Me” for the A to Z Blogging Challenge as I do really love that song. But instead, I chose “Return to Sender” not for the song itself but for Elvis’ performance of it in one of my top ten favorite [continue reading]
No “Queenie Wahine’s Papaya” is not one of my favorite Elvis songs, but it is the only Elvis song or movie or topic that begins with ‘Q,’ so that is my pick for my Elvis ‘Q’ post for the Blogging A to Z Challenge. The song is from one of my favorite Elvis [continue reading]
Grease is my favorite movie. It was my favorite movie when I five, and it is my favorite movie at 45. It is like home to me. I watch it when I am in a good mood to celebrate, and I watch it when I am in a bad mood to comfort me. I not only know every word to every song on the soundtrack, but I know [continue reading]
In 1986 on the last day of 8th Grade, I saw Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in the theater with about two rows of my friends from middle school – all of us singing “Twist and Shout” thinking we discovered this Beatles’ classic. This was sort of a watershed moment as some of [continue reading]
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