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Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 23

The Virginian (1946) Best friends become enemies when one signs on with a rustler. Dir: Stuart Gilmore. Cast: Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, William Frawley. TV-14. 8:00 PM EDT. TCM.

This is a good solid version of Wister’s novel. McCrea is always good of course. Also on tomorrow are prior CPODs The Kennel [...]

RIP: Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote.

http://yhoo.it/MEvaI9

Mr. Polley has died at age 96. Very few people truly enhance life for millions… He ended the virtual slavery of kids all across America.

She Loves Cola Long Time

Lost in translation… not officially NSFW

From the Trailer Park — Gangster Squad

Sean Penn as Mickey Cohen, Nick Nolte, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Giovanni Ribisi, Emma Stone

L.A. Confidential meets The Untouchables lets hope — and not Mobsters.

Monday Night Mashup: Adele and Baltimora

Mashup an Adele ballad and an 80s New Wave dance hit… surprisingly good… better than the original for Baltimora to be sure.

From the Trailer Park — Skyfall

New James Bond teaser

Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 22

Wings of Desire (1987) An angel of death gives up his wings for love. Dir: Wim Wenders. Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk. TV-MA. 10:15 PM EDT. TCM.

I’m not as batguano crazy for this as its cult-followers are, but this is a great movie. Do NOT watch the [...]

Monday Open Thread

2011′s Drive with Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, and Christina Hendricks is on Netflix Streaming.

From the Trailer Park — Chinese Zodiac

Jackie Chan has said this will be his last big action movie. He looks to be going out on a high note. 12/12/12.

Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 21

The Hustler (1961) Young upstart pool player Fast Eddy challenges champ Minnesota Fats for the title. Cast: Paul Newman, George c. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Murray Hamilton, Piper Laurie, Michael Constantine, Vincent Gardenia, Jake Lamotta. Director: Robert Rossen. TV-PG. 7:30 AM EDT. Fox Movie Channel.

Great movie here… classic tale of brash younger guy taking [...]

Vision? How About Revision?

This is an Ottoman depiction of Muhammad Ascending to Heaven

I mentioned a few days ago a new book by Tom Holland called In the Shadow of the Sword — which questions Islam’s beginning. At Pajamas Media on Friday, Spengler highlighted another book out, this one by Robert Spencer, called Did Muhammad Exist? and [...]

Sunday Open Thread

The Rape of Europa is a fascinating documentary of Nazi looting of Europe’s art and the scramble to recover and protect them as the war wound down. Available on Netflix Streaming.

Sunday Gospel

An oldie for me… if you need to put a smile on your face — this will do it — whether or not you believe. The greatest singers in this country still prowl the stages of churches by and large.

Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 20

The Great McGinty (1940) A hobo rises to town mayor and the Governor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss. Dir: Preston Sturges. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest. TV-G. 10:00 AM EDT. TCM.

Very good, but not quite great political comedy — think Dave without the maudlin jobs [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Christopher Nolan’s debut film — Following — is on Netflix Streaming. It’s not quite up to his later offerings, but you can see all the makings of Nolan films to follow — especially Insomnia and Memento.

Scoring Title

This guy — Desmond Hatchett — needs to be stopped. I’m not sure there’s a legal way to do it.

You have to say this much for Desmond Hatchett: He has a way with the ladies.

The 33-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., resident has reportedly set a Knox County record for his ability to reproduce. He [...]

There Can Be Only One… No… Not That One

There’s going to be a Highlander reboot. Fair enough… it’s a rich vein and could use a good reboot. And who is the first person you think of to don the kilt of the Clan MacLeod? Why Ryan Reynolds of course.

Ryan Reynolds has emerged as the front-runner to topline the reboot, and though [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 19

True Lies 1994 When a secret agent posing as a nerdy computer salesman suspects his wife of being unfaithful, he decides to give her the adventurous life she’s been seeking elsewhere. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku. Director: James Cameron. TV-14. 12:30 PM EDT. [...]

Don’t Tread on Me — Obese Version

Social engineers, I mean “health experts”, in Indiana have solved the obesity problem. Tax it!

Health experts have been trying to combat obesity in America for years and have recently suggested a new way to solve the growing problem.

A new study suggests that imposing a fat tax on unhealthy food and drinks could [...]

Friday Open Thread

The documentary “Man on Wire” about Phillippe Petit’s walk — awe-inspiring and a great homage to the Twin Towers.