The Karate Kid
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
From the sounds of Cruel Summer by Bananarama to the sights of Daniel sanding the deck to the pure adrenaline rush of the final Crane Technique kick in the chops, The Karate Kid is a pure classic time capsule of the 1980’s. Quality of the films not withstanding, there is no way that the recent remake is going to replace the 1984 original. And although Pat Morita’s performance as Mr. Miyagi was worthy enough to be nominated for an Oscar, those who were teens when this movie came out could better related to Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso. Read the rest of this entry »
This simply had to be the title of this posting – namely, because it’s something I so wished I had thought to say to Denise Nickerson during our encounter at the Saturday, September 25, 2010, Hollywood Celebrity Show in Chicago. Denise obviously played Violet Beauregarde, the gum-chewing young lady who turns into a blueberry, in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and became the 
…but it was a rather expensive one at that. Paper Moon, the 1973 comedy-drama film that is set in the black and white era of Prohibition ranks highly on my list of favorite films. Ever since I discovered this movie, I shared it with Ashleigh and Briana among others, and the consensus is that it is a timeless classic. It starred the father and son team of Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal, and it was in fact the then-10-year old Tatum who was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. To date, she is the youngest recipient of a competitive Oscar. 
In her day, Margaret O’Brien was one of the most popular child actors of the silver screen. She began her career in an uncredited role in Babes On Broadway in 1941 at the age of four. Margaret’s career reached its zenith in 1943 and 1944 when she starred in such classics as Madame Curie, Jane Eyre, and her most famous role, Meet Me in St. Louis with Judy Garland. The most famous scene comes when Garland sings Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to young Margaret. 
It had been quite a while since I had watched Twin Peaks, the bizarre, surreal, horrifying, backwoods, serial drama created by David Lynch. But my girlfriend Erin, who was a fan of the series, pointed it that it was a must that I meet, greet, and get an autograph of Kimmy Robertson, who played the quirky, squeaky Lucy Moran on the series, when I saw her at the Hollywood Show on Saturday, April 24, 2010.