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Category: Pop Culture

Where we’ll discuss movies, television, music, and whatever frosts my cupcake.

Hard Covid Christmas

Normally I take pride in having mostly decent taste in various things…music, books, movies, etc. Having said that, we all have our guilty pleasures, right?? For me one such private shame is the 1982 film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. I attribute my affection to two things: 1) Burt Reynolds, who at the time… Read More Hard Covid Christmas

12/19/202012/20/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Covid

Citizens of The Manoverse may recall that I enjoy a good parody song, and while I’ll never approach the skill level of Weird Al Yankovic or country crooner Ray Stevens there are occasional moments of inspiration. An old axiom says that sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying, and I have been quite… Read More It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Covid

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The 30 Day Film Challenge – Part 2

“Film is one of three universal languages, along with mathematics & music.” – Frank Capra     My original intention was to post this a few days ago, but stuff happens…like having a big chunk of what I wrote disappear because evidently I forgot to save my work. When something like that happens I can… Read More The 30 Day Film Challenge – Part 2

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The 30 Day Film Challenge – Part 1

“Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our life time, we need to keep them alive.” – Martin Scorsese       As with the 30 Day Song Challenge I do… Read More The 30 Day Film Challenge – Part 1

07/27/202007/31/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

100 Memorable Movie Characters – The Top 25

“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theater admission, & the babysitter were worth it.”    –  Alfred Hitchcock     Y’all thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you?? Waaaayyyyy back at the end of November we presented Part 4 of this series, and then everything just kind of stopped. We didn’t produce as… Read More 100 Memorable Movie Characters – The Top 25

07/11/202007/19/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

The 30 Day Song Challenge – Part 2

“If I were not a physicist I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” ― Albert Einstein     Y’all may have noticed that I hadn’t written anything in this space for a few months until now. I… Read More The 30 Day Song Challenge – Part 2

07/02/202007/02/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

The 30 Day Song Challenge – Part 1

Y’all know I’m a rebel, right?? You also know that on previous occasions I have been inspired by things I see on social media. I saw this challenge on Facebook awhile back and immediately knew it was something I wanted to dive into. However, not only do I not have the patience to post a… Read More The 30 Day Song Challenge – Part 1

07/01/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

To TV or Not to TV??

Okay, so…y’all know I’m not above borrowing a concept I’ve seen on social media and putting my own special spin on it for The Manoverse. This time the inspiration comes not from Pinterest but from Facebook. A former co-worker of mine posted it, and basically one is supposed to just indicate which of these television… Read More To TV or Not to TV??

02/06/202002/06/2020 sammanoLeave a comment

100 Memorable Movie Characters…Part 4

A film is…or should be …more like music than fiction. It should be a progression of moods & feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. – Stanley Kubrick       If you need to catch up with the first three parts of this series please go here, here,… Read More 100 Memorable Movie Characters…Part 4

11/28/201911/29/2019 sammanoLeave a comment

100 Memorable Movie Characters…Part 3

  “We live in a box of space & time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, but by seeing the world as another person sees it.”  –  Roger Ebert       My apologies for the slow progress… Read More 100 Memorable Movie Characters…Part 3

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