Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2016

The most intriguing part of The Magicians isn't the magic--it's the material that explores the dark side of being a fantasy or sci-fi nerd

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The following contains spoilers for the first-season finale of The Magicians . So Syfy's bawdy and foul-mouthed The Magicians , wh...
Friday, March 18, 2016

"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Venture Bros., "A Party for Tarzan"

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Occasionally on Friday, I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. It's the "Brokedown Merry-Go-Roun...
Friday, March 11, 2016

"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Venture Bros., "It Happening One Night"

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Occasionally on Friday, I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. It's the "Brokedown Merry-Go-Roun...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Why I now refuse to see another movie in a theater (until that much-delayed Alamo Drafthouse finally opens in San Francisco, that is)

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Spy wasn't just the last entry in the AFOS blog's ongoing and year-long Throwback Thursday series before I took a three-week-lo...
Monday, June 15, 2015

If you think GoodFellas and The Wolf of Wall Street are inspirational stories of triumph, you need professional fucking help--and a lobotomy from Thelma Schoonmaker

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Thelma Schoonmaker When I recently wrote about The Wolf of Wall Street , I said, "A lesser filmmaker would rain down judgment on ...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Throwback Thursday: The Wolf of Wall Street

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Every Throwback Thursday , I randomly pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket I saved. Then I discuss the movie...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Air grafted a nifty new score onto the silent classic A Trip to the Moon, or as it's known to your brain-damaged little brother who gets all his historical facts from Wikipedia, that movie that ripped off the "Tonight Tonight" video

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When a rare hand-colored print of Georges Méliès' Jules Verne-inspired 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon was meticulously restored an...
Friday, July 15, 2011

"Rome, Italian Style" Track of the Day: Jimmy Smith, "Walk on the Wild Side"

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Song: "Walk on the Wild Side" by master Hammond B-3 organ player and Beastie Boys "Root Down" sample source Jimmy Sm...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Bernard Herrmann would have turned 100 today

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Because today marks the centennial of influential composer Bernard Herrmann, CBS News recently assembled a lengthy slideshow/audio clip gall...
Friday, January 28, 2011

"Rock Box" Track of the Day: Harry Nilsson, "Jump Into the Fire"

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Song: "Jump Into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson Released: 1971 Why's it part of the "Rock Box" playlist?: It...