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...and Frank Sinatra STILL rocks my world!

I LOVE movies! I'm TOTALLY hooked on the 'Classics' (from "Casablanca" to swashbucklers, from "Tarzan" and "The Thin Man", to The Marx Brothers and Busby Berkeley's musicals...names like Ford, Capra, Sturges, Hawks, and Hitchcock...Colman, Flynn, Stewart, Davis, Cary Grant, Tracy and Hepburn, Gable, Alice Faye, Astaire and Rogers...Film Noir, Epics, even a good serial, like Buster Crabbe in 'Flash Gordon', or Kirk Alyn in "Superman"...and ANYTHING John Wayne appeared in!)

But my tastes aren't restricted to Hollywood's 'Golden Age'; I have my share of favorite more recent films, as well, and I'm hooked on three films that flopped, but will live in my heart, forever; 1980's "Xanadu", which many critics consider one of the worst musicals ever made, is, for me, sheer magic, with Olivia Newton-John never more radiant, the music of ELO bouncy and hummable, and Gene Kelly (in his final dancing role), an absolute joy; forget the inept Michael Beck as the male lead, and enjoy the musical fantasy of a muse who changes two men's lives...

...1991's "The Rocketeer", featuring Billy Campbell as the test pilot hero, Alan Arkin, his mentor, Jennifer Connelly, channeling Bettie Page, at her sexiest, Terry O'Quinn's Howard Hughes in support, and Timothy Dalton as a thinly-veiled Nazi Errol Flynn, all set in the heady exuberance of pre-WWII Hollywood...

...and 1984's "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension", with Peter Weller as the Japanese/American neurosurgeon/physicist/rock star hero, John Lithgow as a whacked-out alien-possessed scientist, and a collection of future stars in supporting roles...I admit it, I'm a 'Team Banzai' member from WAY back...and remember, "No matter where you go...There you are."

I admire the directorial work of Christopher Nolan, Cameron Crowe, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, Kevin Smith, and Spielberg (of course!); the "Lord of the Rings" (God bless Peter Jackson for doing it right!), both "Star Wars" trilogies, and the 'James Bond series'...but I AVOID 'slasher' or gore films...Horror doesn't do it, for me...if I want real HORROR, I just have to look in the bathroom mirror in the morning!

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Later (in no particular order), "Stargate SG-1", "Babylon Five", the original "Battlestar Galactica", BBC's "Sharpe" Saga, "Charmed", "The Lost World", and "The A-Team"...
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I do try to catch "Smallville" when I can, as well as "Leverage", "Bones", "Eureka", and "The Closer"...Where HAVE all the good shows gone???
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Nov 7 2009 11:43 PM
.. dropping by to wish you a relaxing weekend and a great week to follow.
Nov 6 2009 5:24 AM
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Nov 6 2009 5:24 AM
Hope you're doing well in Vegas...and thanks for some great movie tips...take care my friend:))))
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Every good wish,
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Oct 31 2009 7:04 PM
" THE MAN SAID SO "
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Oct 31 2009 10:22 AM
~WISHING YOU A FUN HALLOWEEN WEEK-END..MAY ALL YOUR "TRICKS" BRING YOU SOME LUCIOUS "TREATS"~
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Oct 29 2009 6:23 PM
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Oct 29 2009 5:49 AM
I want to thank you for allowing me as Red Skelton to be a part of your myspace life.
Fall is here and the holidays are approaching. They can be stressful so I'm giving you a gift of laughter.
If by chance you are in Las Vegas or plan on visiting us this season, I would be honored to meet you.
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If you get the chance please stop by and say HI.
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Oct 28 2009 5:18 AM
Enjoy Some Good Music...
Move And Shake And Howl At The Moon...
And Above All Have A Safe And Most...
Oct 28 2009 1:45 AM
Happy Halloween Big Ben!
Here's a few of the gruesome ghoulish goblins of Halloweens gone bye! Hope you're enjoying these spectacular fall days, cuz winters a'comin! (thanx for the ADD!)




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Oct 24 2009 3:37 PM
Hi Ben,
It's been awhile. I can't believe Halloween is right around the corner. Hoping you have a great weekend!
Sharon
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Oct 21 2009 10:50 PM
Keep en eye open for the start of Vol. 3. We have a ton of videos from the Big Apple Con in NY, a new series called Variant Edition, and favorites like SUPERSTARS.
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HAVE A NICE WEEK
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