Fallout

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Steve Mays

“The end of the world is not what it used to be”

Is that a great tagline, or what? I’m about four episodes in. Making the end of the world funny is a tall order but the series manages to do so. Walton Goggins (Boyd Crowder!) is the perfect bad guy; Mykelti Williamson (Ellstin Limehouse, also from Justified) makes a early/brief appearance; Dale Dickey, another Justified alum (who was wonderful in Winter’s Bone) does her redneck thing, and I’m sure I’ll be seeing other familiar faces. Oh, and the soundtrack. Absolutely brilliant.

The Peripheral

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Steve Mays

If you made me pick one author as my #1 favorite, I’d have to go with William Gibson. And his novel The Peripheral is near the top of my short list. I’m not convinced it’s possible to do justice to this story in film but I’ll be watching season one starting October 21st on Amazon Video. Here’s Mr. Gibson reading excerpts from the book.

Sheryl

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Steve Mays

“An intimate story of song and sacrifice—musically gifted superstar Sheryl Crow navigates an iconic yet arduous musical career battling sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and the price of fame, before harnessing the power of her gift.”

Nobody Trailer

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Steve Mays

Action is my movie genre-of-choice and I’ve watched a bunch of them. But I’m not sure I’ve seen a better one than Nobody, staring Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, The Post, Nebraska) as Hutch Mansell, “an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody.”

I watched most of this movie standing in front of my TV. Don’t recall doing that before. Hell, Christopher Lloyd has an action role in this movie and he rocks it. One more thing… I paid $20 to rent this film for 48 hours. Haven’t done that before but I’ll get my money’s worth when I watch it again tomorrow night. So much going on in the action scenes there was no way to catch it all.

And while I’m all hyperbolic, this movie might have the best soundtrack of any action movie I’ve seen and I’ve always thought Quintin Tarantino films owned that.

The Beatles: Get Back

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Steve Mays

Peter Jackson has released a “sneak peek” at his COVID-delayed documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. He stresses this is not a trailer or a sequence, rather a “montage” to give you a feel for “the spirit” of the film. Can’t imagine where or how he come up with 56 hours of “never before seen” footage of the band.

The Beatles hit the U.S. airwaves in February of 1964 (“I Want to Hold Your Hand”). I was a sophomore in high school and I won’t even try to tell you want a big deal this was. Nothing even close in the 50+ years since.

The Beatles broke up in 1969 so they provided the soundtrack for my high school and college years. I am really looking forward to this documentary. PS: It sure looks like they were having fun.

Laurel Canyon

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Steve Mays

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I really liked this documentary. Late 60’s, early 70’s was my era, but it was just a very well done film. I learned a lot about the music and the musicians from that time and that place. I was playing a lot of this music on the radio in the early 70’s but had no real appreciation for the artists or the place the music was coming from.