As if I have only one. Here’s a pile of them.
- “Rosebud!”
- “People will think… what I tell them to think.”
- “She’s my sister! [slap] She’s my daughter! [slap] She’s my sister and my daughter!”
- “It’s just a three-cent.”
- “He’s fleein’ the interview!”
As if I have only one. Here’s a pile of them.
Hm. This is difficult.
Um… once, I think?
If by “official date” you mean “two people who aren’t in a relationship formally agree to go to dinner-and-a-chick-flick at a set time in an attempt to explore their sexual tension”… yeah, once. We had Mexican —or she did, I embarrassed myself by ordering a hamburger because I didn’t know what “fajitas” were— and then watched The Cutting Edge.… Read the rest “Have you ever been on an official date?”
My thoughts are mixed.
I’m the only person alive who didn’t care for Labyrinth and never watched Career Opportunities, for starters. (Bowie just isn’t my thing.) I warmed up to her in Inventing The Abbots, and I obviously appreciated Requiem for a Dream.… Read the rest “Wait but I gotta ask,,thoughts on Jennifer Connelly?”
I’m always surprised that Stand By Me has been forgotten so quickly, to say nothing of My Own Private Idaho. The former seems evergreen to me, although I know kids today don’t romanticize the 1950s… I mean, Kiefer Sutherland doing his ‘80s villain thing!… Read the rest “I didn’t know anything about River Phoenix till I saw your reply to ask that you found him pretty just the one time. That man lived a messed up life”
That would depend on the girl, but in general:
In 1987, hair-metal had reached its zenith, David Coverdale was the closest thing MTV had to Robert Plant —who had been busy making ‘50s-style pop with The Honeydrippers earlier in the decade— and Tawny Kitaen was The Girl.
She did it kind of backwards.… Read the rest “Tawny Kitaen (1961-2021)”
A quick overview of the stuff I’ve been watching.
The Revenant: I’ve avoided Leo’s big breakthrough for six years because… well, I’m not sure I had a good reason. It didn’t help that the mauling scene became a meme that trivialized the whole thing in my mind, but that doesn’t really explain my disinterest.… Read the rest “Media Round-Up”
She hit the peak of her career in her 50s, which is impressive for any actor, but especially so for a woman in the 1980s. And she did it sharing the screen with some of the biggest, showiest actors of her era —Nic Cage and Cher in Moonstruck— and as part of star-heavy ensembles like Steel Magnolias.… Read the rest “Olympia Dukakis (1931-2021)”