Go ahead and jump!

“Go ahead and jump.”
It was our first full-week of summer vacation back in 1975 and my friend David W. and I were rehearsing a scene for one of those movies. It was the summer between junior and senior year of high school and I still had this dream of heading off to film school when [...]

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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” — Ferris Bueller

When I heard the news that John Hughes had passed away today, my first reaction was one of unabashed nostalgic when I thought about some of the movies he had made and how they entertained me. Although I was already in my mid twenties when such teenage angst films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast [...]

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Jeffrey at 50 — Fifty of my Favorite Movie Quotes

These quotes and speeches from some of my favorite all time movies, speak for themselves.
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.” – Steve McCroskey  (Lloyd Bridges) Airplane
“After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I… I realized what a terrific [...]

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Classic Christmas Movies — A Christmas Carol (1938)

If there were one Christmas movie that would be the definitive yuletide cinematic classic, it would be have to be A Christmas Carol.
 
Over the years I have watched almost every version of this Christmas classic including the 1984 George C. Scott and 1999 Patrick Stewart ones as well as 1979’s An American Christmas Carol starring [...]

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles — a classic Thanksgiving film

 
I know Thanksgiving has come and gone, but if you still want to enjoy a little more of the holiday what better way to enjoy it than sitting down with some freshly popped popcorn, your favorite beverage and perhaps one of the best Thanksgiving movies ever made: [...]

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Classic Holiday Movies — Miracle on 34th Street

Soon the holiday season will be upon us and despite the economic hardships and economic uncertainty that might dampen the holiday spirit for many of us this year, some classic holiday movies might be able to take the edge off our worries and concerns—even if only for a few hours.
 
There’s a trove of classic holiday [...]

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Classic Christmas Movies — Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Soon the holiday season will be upon us and despite the economic hardships and economic uncertainty that might dampen the holiday spirit for many of us this year, some classic holiday movies might be able to take the edge off our worries and concerns—even if only for a few hours.
There’s a trove of classic [...]

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Where were you the day JFK was shot?

Tomorrow, November 22, 2008 marks the 45th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.
For years after his assassination people would sometimes ask one another where they were on that tragic day when they heard the news. I remember some of my older cousins talking about how they were in elementary [...]

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“Combat” on the bus to Vientiane

When you take a VIP bus or similar bus for long distances in Laos (and other Southeast Asian countries) there’s usually a television mounted at the front of the bus where TV programs and videos/DVD’s are shown.
 
If you’re lucky whoever is in charge of entertainment for the bus might play a decent movie (unfortunately [...]

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Jeffrey at 50 — "You talkin’ to me?"

This list needs little set up or commentary. These quotes and speeches from some of my favorite all time movies, speak for themselves.
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.” – Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) Airplane

“After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing [...]

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