For this film I am simply going to post the illustrated podcast from the LAMBcast. I worked on it for several days, through computer glitches and household upturns, and I’m proud of the result and too tired to write a review as well.

This is the first entry from the Film Pasture on the LAMB, for my Shepherd’s Pie Monthly Posting on the James Bond Films.

I make no secret of the fact that this is my favorite Sam rami film, yes even ahead of “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness” and all the Spider-Man movies. The reasons are apparent when you look at the trailer: it is a western, it stars Gene Hackman, and it features a badass woman with a gun. That is a formula that is hard to screw up, and when you add in Sam Rami’s directing style and Sharon…

I have been behind on my posts for a variety of reasons, and the major one is that I have often been wrapped up in the LAMBcast Podcast that I host. I record and edit the podcast but I also try to produce an illustrated version for YouTube. It takes a lot of time to do that, so in an effort to catch up on my promise to cover everything I see in a theater, I am simply going to share the…

Trying to keep up with my recent new films first. Cheating a little by giving you the LAMBcast Episode as my Post.

End of the Year Summary

It’s the end of the year and time to narcissistically look back on what my Movie Year entailed. After two years of Covid impact, things started to get back to normal, but the streaming monster that was awakened may very well be set to stomp all over the Cinema World. Data Dump I saw fiftythree new features in theaters this year but I actually went to a lot more film screenings than that number…

As part of Jay Cluitt​ departing host of the Large Association of Movie Blogs (aka the LAMb)​ LAMBcast huge Virtual Farewell Party - I prepared the following 10 Questions, for my little segment ( #podcast 190:50 "Le Anne is curious about Jay’s viewing habits"  click link to listen to entire show)

I only had time to ask 4 or 5. But thought it would be fun to put the questions out there for any viewers to answer in the comments or share with others…

1.   WHAT MOVIE DO YOU CONVINCE OTHERS TO WATCH?

T&T: Nacho Vigalondo’s COLOSSAL (Anne Hathaway & Jason Sudeikis) not a lot of people have seen it and when I try to explain it’s a Kaiju mixed with a Rom/Com, and a little angsty, it’s hard to convince people all those things mix together perfectly in this flick from 2017.

2. IF YOU’VE SEEN THE MOVIE YESTERDAY (DANNY BOYLE) THE WORLD FORGOT THE BEATLES EVER EXISTED. IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT YOU SUDDENLY FORGOT THESE 5 CLASSIC POP CULTURE FILMS, WHICH WOULD YOU BE THE SADDEST ABOUT THE WORLD FORGETTING? AND WHICH WOULD YOU TRY TO RECREATE? –

   Back to the Future    Star Wars    The Godfather    Groundhogs Day    The Wizard of Oz

T&T: Although, it was hard for me to watch THE WIZARD OF OZ as a child because of all the anxiety I felt about Dorthy being lost and of course those terrifying Flying Monkey’s, I still feel this would be a crushing loss to the world of entertainment, music and imagination if the world forgot.

And I’d remake STAR WARS because I’d like to remove a few battle scenes and add more time for the characters to have bonding moments, plus it would still probably make just as much perpetual loot, if it were made for the first time today.

3.   FAVORITE MOVIE TO FALL ASLEEP TO?

T&T: Carey Grant & Ingrid Bergman in INDISCREET – it’s truly one of my favorites, but I’ve seen it so many times and its pacing and music makes it so comforting to fall asleep watching.

4. PLAY THE GAME MARRY, KISS, KILL WITH THESE 3 MARVEL HEROES – IRONMAN, BLACK PANTHER, THOR (for this game you have to go back in time when everyone was alive both literally & fictionally)

T&T:  This is hard because I’d definitely want to live in Wakanda, but I don’t feel the same kind of chemistry for Black Panther (no offense to the sadly deceased Chadwick Boseman) as I do the other two. As all my friends know I’ve always had a crush on Robert Downey, Jr. and Iron Man’s home life with Pepper Potts looked so lovely, he seemed to settle down well. But Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is so handsome and funny & manly, well, when he’s not in the dumps drinking too much beer.  And of course, he’s the hardest to kill… I don’t have an answer

5. NAME 3 MOVIE YOU STOP AND WATCH WHENEVER YOU CATCH THEM ON TV THAT YOU KNOW ARE NOT GOOD MOVIES?

T&T: LOOK WHO’S TALKING & LOOK WHO’S TALKING TOO & Michael Keaton in DUPLICITY