It’s gotten to where it is really difficult to find a good romantic drama or a good romantic comedy out of the host of mediocre to bad films that Hollywood churns out these days. So many of these movies employ the same stale formulas and the same conventional approach to storytelling. Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunrise” … Continue reading
5 Phenomenal Movie Cars
Many of us – and I point mainly to us sometimes one-dimensional, easily pleased males – attach ourselves to movies for the simplest of reasons. For me growing up, I remember several things about movies that attracted me including tough guys and cool cars. A while back I did a Phenomenal 5 on movie tough … Continue reading
REVIEW: “The Amazing Spider-Man”
It was 2007 when we last saw Spider-Man on the big screen in the underwhelming and over-blown “Spider-Man 3”. While nowhere near as good as the first two films, “Spider-Man 3” still earned close to $900 million at the box office. In light of that, plans for “Spider-Man 4” immediately took off. But the movie had … Continue reading
My New Blog Site – “Paris Through New Eyes”
While “Keith & the Movies” is and will remain my main blog site, I’ve been doing a lot of writing about our recent trip to Paris, France. I’ve received so many kind and wonderful comments about it that I’ve decided to keep on writing. But I felt that if I was going to write about Paris that … Continue reading
“ANDY GRIFFITH – AN AMERICAN ICON”
While Andy Griffith did appear in a few feature films and was an accomplished singer, he will always be remembered for his contributions to television. From 1960 to 1968 Andy Griffith starred in the appropriately titled “The Andy Griffith Show”. The series became a major hit for CBS. In 1986 he returned to TV starring in … Continue reading
“Need to Drop 5 Pounds? Go to Paris!”
While my wonderful wife – for reasons that, in the interest of personal safety, I refuse to divulge – will vehemently refute the validity of my discovery, I feel compelled to share it nonetheless. In the United States, people make all kinds of New Year’s resolutions, join an assortment of gymns or diet groups, and spend loads of money to … Continue reading
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