I love movies but hate musicals but if you take both of those into consideration, Mary Poppins, stands in its own category. Mary Poppins is both a theatrical classic, amazing filming ahead of its time and the musical aspects were hands down and standalone the best songs ever put into a movie. So I figured it’s been a little time since I did a throwback thursday and what way better to bring it back then hitting you all off with Mary Poppins. Because I’m supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
If you like Monty Python or never heard of him then this news will either make you happy or you’ll just skip over it to the next post. But the big news is Monty Python officially has a youtube channel now, so you can get a very free and very healthy dose of Monty as much as you want now.
Created only using cell phone video camera this short film, Man Is No Island, by Jason van Genderen took home $20,000 as the winner of the 2008 Tropfest contest held in New York.
The mafia is a real problem in Italy, the Sopranos and the mafia in our country is peanuts to what’s happening over there. The film Gomorrah directed by Matteo Garrone and based on the best selling novel by Roberto Saviano is going to put the world of Camorra (Italian mafia) under a spotlight and unveil its secret truths. The film and book are so revealing and damaging that the books author Roberto Saviano has been in hiding with police protection for 2 years now because there is a mafia hit out on his life, and now that the movie has been released in Europe the mafia is even angrier stating they want Saviano dead before Christmas. After the jump is the trailer for Gomorrah and Dazed Digital has an interview with director Matteo Garrone you can read here.
Throwback thursday is proud to bring you a classic, a movie that has shaped me in so many ways, well maybe not many but I love it. Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo and Breakin the original one are movies I will always cherish and hold close to my heart. But I’d say Electric Boogaloo is one I’ve seen the most, and the dancing in this movie is epic, way better then any of the dance movies that come out nowadays. After the jump watch a dance battle from the first film Breakin, if we solved most of our problems with dance battles the world would be much more peaceful.
This Justice documentary was directed by Romain Garvas, So-Me, and Justice, so you know it’s going to be crazy. And if this trailer is what’s to be expected this film will be one amazing thing to watch, there should be a warning label that says, “caution watching may cause severe envy or urges to become a rockstar”. Sex, guns, drugs, violence what more could you ask for. The DVD and cd that drops with it doesn’t come out until Nov. 24th, so you have a little bit of a wait, but not much. I’m loving the whole Ed Banger movement.
Another week, another installment of throwback thursday, Doug, status this time around. Cartoons, I really miss the old days, now with technology everything is digital this digital that, I want to take it back to those hand drawn cartoons. Back when cartoons didn’t have perfectly shaped bodies, back when Doug could be a young kid with only like four strands of hair and his best friend Skeeter was blue. I followed that cartoon religiously, and who can’t remember Doug dressing up in underwear and a belt for a headband as Quailman. Just taking you down a little memory lane, maybe one day all these throwback thursday will bring a comeback to some of my old favorites, at least that’s what I’m hoping, fingers crossed.
In this edition of throwback thursday I give you Dougie Howser that boy wonder who alone made me look up the word, “prodigy” and I thank him and the show for that. This throwback has come about from a brief conversation me and my sister had about the show, I can’t remember what was said, all I know, is I immediately thought to myself, “damn, dougie howser was the shit back in the day, gotta put that on throwback thursday” so here I am, putting it on. Neil Patrick Harris hasn’t done much since Howser he seemed to had faded into the child-star abyss, until a few years ago. Now since jumping back into the light a little we can thank him for such a memorable car ride with Harold & Kumar (video after the jump), and for telling everyone he’s gay and proud. So, I say to you Neil Patrick Harris, thank you for Dougie Howser, thank you for ‘fur burgers’ and the gay and lesbian community and the entire staff from “queer eye for the straight guy” thanks you.
What’s a throwback thursday without Steve Urkel and Family Matters making an appearance. I loved this show for many reasons, one I had a crush on Laura, (I think I’ve had a crush on every female star in family show sitcom history), urkel was funny and the show was realistic. But I did not like the years of comparison and wasn’t too happy with the Steve Urkel references I would get, yes, I was a skinny black kid who happened to wear glasses, but I never wore my pants so high you could see my socks, atleast not to my knowledge. But I don’t need to tell you why Family Matters was a classic and why I loved the show, why people still remember Steve Urkel the above clip sums it all up in 1 minute and 54 seconds. So next time your out be sure to do the Urkel, because I’m bringing it back.
Today officially marks the return of Throwback Thursday, it was in hiatus for a while but it’s been given new life. I bring back throwback thursday with one of my favorite childhood shows ever, and probably yours too, The Wonder Years. The video is the intro song to the show, remember that song, it brings me back to those days of acting foolish and having crushes. Ahh, those lovely first crushes, how they molded your future in so many ways. The Wonder Years, is by far in the top 5 kid series shows ever (and you can be sure the other 4 will make appearances on throwback thursday), even if all the child actors were doomed to never make it as serious adult actors as do to the curse of the child actor. But how could you not fall in love with Winnie Cooper, I mean seriously, she was probably like every little boys dream girl at the time. And what about little Kevin Arnold and his geeky best friend Paul Pfeiffer, they were as cool as cool could get, how else do you explain this being such a dope outfit. The best part about the show was the narration Kevin would do for himself, like exactly how it really is in life, you are thinking something completely different then what you’re saying or even acting like at the time. So when you get in front of your TV today, search for the re-runs of The Wonder Years and do yourself a favor and watch them all again, taking you back to those more peaceful child-care-free days. Oh, and if you’re wondering what little Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper are up to these days, well Fred Savage is filming a TV show,‘Single White Millionaire’,and Danica McKellar is writing bestselling math books these days, oh yea, she still is dream girl material.
