tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post4803478880146023710..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: dick & shelley & dick & kayjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-90983304726901870462018-12-18T06:23:34.638-05:002018-12-18T06:23:34.638-05:00Well-put, Kiki!Well-put, Kiki!joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-44440434858408954662018-12-18T06:16:49.526-05:002018-12-18T06:16:49.526-05:00Dear Passionate Moviegoer.
I am always intrigued b...Dear Passionate Moviegoer.<br />I am always intrigued by your "connect the stars" column. I think the operative word is "stars." Fifty years ago, the talent pool was far more contained. I actually knew all the actors you were referring to not only because of my advanced age but because, back then, films being made by studios who "owned" the stars were character driven rather than the CGI driven films being made today. Ok, ok, "Three Billboards" stands out (for me) as the best ensemble casting in yonks -- but if you look at the films at the Cineplex this Xmas -- the most "character" driven is the silly one with Mark Wahlberg and his film wife who adopt three diverse children. Then there's the return of Mary Poppins. But from the reviews, she should have stayed in the rest home. Aquaman is what people are flocking to -- and I don't think he's a "real" man. - Kiki<br />Kikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-32384025180586627492018-12-15T06:08:47.451-05:002018-12-15T06:08:47.451-05:00I was a student nurse in Philadelphia in 1959. Som...I was a student nurse in Philadelphia in 1959. Someone donated various Broadway bound show tickets to our Hospital, and I remember seeing-and developing a Major<br />Crush on-Dick Van Dyke in “The Boys Against the Girls”.<br />When he starred in his own show on TV a few years later, I was hooked..........still am !!! <br />u.k.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-71494058444919466932013-09-30T18:00:14.990-04:002013-09-30T18:00:14.990-04:00I love the connections you make in these posts. S...I love the connections you make in these posts. Some great trivia. Now about "Divorce - American Style," yes, it is quite observant and still contemporary. Perhaps - dare I say it? - more pertinent today that any of Apatow's relationship comedies.Larrynoreply@blogger.com