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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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Ronald Reagan, Robert Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Norman Rockwell, Albert Schweitzer, Jimmy Carter, Christopher Reeve, Audrey Hepburn, Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham...and America's Armed Forces, firefighters, and law enforcement officers, natch!


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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Nov 21 2009 11:02 AM
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Nov 14 2009 12:38 PM
love, Saralyn :]
Nov 14 2009 2:00 AM
Nov 13 2009 9:57 PM
We wish to thank you for inviting us to your wonderful page.
It is a pleasure to have your frienship. Please take time to remember the men and women of our armed forces.
Love and much happiness to you and yours,
Bette Davis, John Garfield and the Hollywood Canteen
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Nov 13 2009 9:57 PM
Wish you were here...would love to meet you;)
I wish you continued success in all you do.
Goodnight now and may God bless
Brian Hoffman~Red Skelton Impersonator.
Nov 12 2009 3:30 PM
BONES is today, I am so happy! Happy BONES Day to you!! Here is a little something just for you and I hope you enjoy the new episode tonight on FOX, make sure to check your local listings for the airtime.
If you don’t get BONES and don’t live in the US, here is a picture of David to keep you happy!
Hope you have a wonderful Boreanaz Thursday and BONES Day.
Lexi
~Unofficial David Boreanaz SiteNov 11 2009 3:19 PM
Today we celebrate our VETERANS who have given their lives for our FREEDOM! So I want to send you something that will show appreciation to our VETERANS.
This is my Uncle Mario Villarreal who served in the Vietnam War
Please take the time today to shake someone who has been in the war and just simply tell him or her THANK YOU. A little gesture and gratitude will go a long way.
Lexi
~Unofficial David Boreanaz Site
Nov 10 2009 5:06 PM
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I am an artist..
.... I am a poet who paints
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
"Imagine " Art Magazine.
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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,
Johnny
Oct 31 2009 7:04 PM
" THE MAN SAID SO "
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~WISHING YOU A FUN HALLOWEEN WEEK-END..MAY ALL YOUR "TRICKS" BRING YOU SOME LUCIOUS "TREATS"~