@LAfromLINY My Blue Heaven and Goodfellas are connected. Both were inspired by Henry Hill. One tells the mob story, the other imagines life after witness protection. Even crazier, the screenwriters were married to each other at the time. One made a gangster classic; the other, a comedy.
@travisakers@MalcolmNance The quote they need to hear from the movie The Drop:
“There are some sins that you commit that you can’t come back from… no matter how hard you try. You just can’t. It’s like the devil is waiting for your body to quit."
@JRM58506966 Early Vietnam-era M16s were notoriously unreliable due to bad ammo, poor maintenance guidance, and no chrome chamber. The M14 was far more dependable and fired 7.62×51 NATO—a cartridge so effective it remained a sniper and MG standard for decades.
@SerieFilmAfroUS Stephen King once said Snoop from The Wire was “perhaps the most terrifying female villain ever on television” not because she was loud , flashy or scary, but because of how calm and casual she was about violence. That quiet menace hit different.
@orleansway George Clinton owned the funk universe. Rick James owned the funk spotlight. One built the lane, the other drove a limo straight through it. Funk wins either way.
@orleansway Yes. Daily. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Sly & the Family Stone, The Isley Brothers, Prince, Rick James, Gap Band… plus the usual rock staples. Timeless is timeless.
@CinemaTweets1 He did have other Oscar-recognized films after A Beautiful Mind—Cinderella Man and Frost/Nixon earned major nominations. That said, Frost/Nixon (2008) is probably the last “great” Ron Howard film. Since then, his work’s been competent and professional, but far safer.
@DannyDeraney One of the TV shows of my youth, and Demond Wilson was a huge reason it was so good. Let us also not forget—he served in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart. RIP and godspeed.
@mcbridesworld One of the TV shows of my youth, and Demond Wilson was a huge reason it was so good. Let us also not forget—he served in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart. RIP and godspeed.