by mike | Nov 23, 2015 | Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
There are countless memorable lines from movies both classic and not-so-classic. Here are a few more of them. “Leave the gun…take the cannoli.” – Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) in The Godfather, the Best Picture of 1972. “I was the East Coast distributor of...
by mike | Feb 9, 2015 | Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
Not a whole lot of folks saw the sports drama, Resurrecting the Champ—“inspired by a true story”—during its short theatrical run in 2007. That’s too bad, because it is an excellent film, and Samuel L. Jackson’s brilliant performance as the titular character was...
by mike | Apr 2, 2014 | Baseball, Fantasy, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
In the spring, those two words are like music to my ears. This is Opening Week for Major League Baseball, and since baseball is my religion, I could not be happier. Even better: my beloved San Diego Padres got the jump on every other team in America by hosting their...
by mike | Feb 19, 2014 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I love memorable lines from the silver screen, especially if they’re from movie favorites that I watch numerous times. A couple years ago I wrote a post titled, “She Wouldn’t Even Harm a Fly”—the great last line from the classic 1960 Hitchcock film, Psycho....
by mike | Jan 6, 2014 | Baseball, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
That line comes from my second-favorite movie of all time, Frequency. Released in 2000, this fantasy/baseball/serial killer/father & son relationship flick, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, has just about everything I could want in a story. But for my wife...
by mike | May 6, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sports Movies |
In retrospect, I could have written about Mystery, Alaska as one of my many Guilty Pleasures. The thing is, I never thought of this outrageous 1999 comedy, with a cast of solid actors and a load of memorable lines, as a film that I had to feel guilty about throwing in...
