Shin MikeZilla Minus One PLUS (#15584)

@mikeymcfilms.bsky.social

Retired corporate insurance executive (not the kind you'd want to kill) who hated every minute of work Now, i watch a lot of movies, drink gravy, drink bourbon and drink coffee since death fears me LETTERBOXD https://boxd.it/1VzE5 📽 #265moviereview

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (out today, 1967) is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums, filled with Syd Barret’s playful psychedelic rock and devoid of Roger Water’s lumbering “message” tracks. A fab debut, tracks like the trippy “Astronomy Domine” and the catchy “Bike” leaving me wanting more Syd.

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#filmsky It’s hard to fathom that the dude who opened his Un Chien Andalou with a chick getting her eye slit open also made Robinson Crusoe (out today, 1954), but Luis Bunuel made a terrific boys adventure of the DeFoe classic. Anchored by Dan O’Herlihy’s Oscar-nominated lead, it’s a Bunuel classic

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#filmsky Was Hitchcock ever more stylishly playful than in giving us Cary Grant as a sneaky cat burglar and Grace Kelly as a rich babe? To Catch A Thief (out today, 1955) sets its tale among the French Riviera, giving us the perfect summer movie of romance and suspense. Love Grace’s driving too 😂.

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#filmsky Today in 1984 we lost Richard Burton. A great example of “How come he never won an Oscar,” Dickie should definitely have won for his George in Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, and he shoulda beaten Dreyfus in 1977 for his towering role as the disturbed shrink in Equus. The Welsh lad ruled!

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#filmsky While I’m partial to films about talking cats, I’ll admit that pigs 🐷have a certain je ne sais quoi too. Chris Noonan’s Babe (out today, 1995) surprised some by getting a BP nomination, but this tale of a piglet that becomes a sheepdog sure is a charmer. I like the darker sequel even better

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#filmsky Vampires or witches? Dan Curtis had a hit with House Of Dark Shadows and the return of Barnabas Collins, but the sequel Night Of Dark Shadows (out today, 1961) flopped. It’s too bad; it gave us witch Angelique (the fab Lara Parker) haunting Collinwood, plus Kate Jackson! Moody and creepy!

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Just watched: Excalibur. John Boorman’s sweeping medieval fantasy is an exciting, rousing film that looks better than ever; he puts you right into the Legend of King Arthur in all its glory, mixing epic visuals with brutal realism. Great work by Nigel Terry & Nicole Williamson; pull the sword!

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#filmsky Freeline Media critic @mikeymcfilms.bsky.social insists that when it comes to movie reviews, he always demonstrates good taste. But that may not be true of those pesky filmmakers! Check out Mike’s tasteful review of the body horror flick Saccharine. freelinemediaorlando.com/mike-at-the-...

Mike at the Movies: You Are What You Eat

Mike at the Movies: You Are What You Eat. Freeline Media critic takes a bite out of the new film Saccharine. Read on!

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