Category Archives: Movies

Events, Memories, Movies, Music, Science Fiction, Television, Trivia

Previously On November 10

  • 1989 – German citizens begin demolishing Berlin Wall
  • 1989 – College student (it’s me) raced to Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa to stand in the electronics section at a mall store so that I could watch the fall of the Berlin Wall
  • 2012 – Barack Obama elected as 44th President of the United States
  • 1483 – Birth of Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation
  • 2010 – Disney composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas) receives 2442nd star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
  • 1241 – Pope Celestine IV passes away
  • 1969 – Sesame Street premieres
  • 1908 – First Gideon Bible placed in hotel room
  • 1889 – Birth of Claude Rains, famous for playing Chief of Police in Casablanca
  • 1940 – Walt Disney’s first day as FBI informer
  • 1801 – Dueling is outlawed by the state of Kentucky
  • 1871 – Birth of Winston Churchill, but not the Winston Churchill you’re thinking of
  • 1964 – Birth of Kenny Rogers, but not the Kenny Rogers you’re thinking of
  • 1969 – Birth of Ellen Pompeo, yes the one you’re thinking of
  • 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to New York’s Smithsonian Institution
  • 1990 – Home Alone movie premieres at the box office
  • 1766 – Charter signed for Queen’s College / Rutger’s University
  • 1998 – Premiere of Star Trek: Insurrection
  • 2014 – London Premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
  • 1963 – Actress Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond) marries novelist William Goyen who is 15 years her senior
  • 2007 – Author Norman Mailer dies
  • 1954 – Unveiling of the Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the raising of the flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima
  • 1928 – Emporer Hirohito is publicly confirmed
Favorites, Geek, Humor, Movies, Quotes

Best Lines From the Classic Movie Independence Day (with Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum)

  • “We will not go quietly into the night!” We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive!
  • Forget the fat lady. You’re obsessed with the fat lady.
  • Well he – uh – just did.
  • I voted for the other guy.
  • You want to see my clearance? Maybe I’ll just leave this here with you.
  • We’re going to have to work on our communication.
  • The L.A.P.D. is asking Los Angelenos not to fire their guns at the visitor spacecraft. You may inadvertently trigger an interstellar war.
  • It’s the White House, for crying out loud. You can’t just go up and ring the doorbell.

 

Books, Movies, Music, Seasons

September Shaping Up (The month in movies, music, & literature)

Movies

  • Come September
  • See You in September
  • Septembers of Shiraz
  • Until September

Music

  • It Might As Well Rain Until September
  • A Lonely September
  • Blue September
  • The Late September Dogs
  • Maybe September
  • Pale September
  • September Morn
  • September Song
  • September When It Comes
  • The 12th of September
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends

 

Movies

DVDs on My Bookshelf (Although a few of them are not mine)

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Argo
  • The Campaign
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Deadpool
  • Failure to Launch
  • Fools Rush In
  • Happy Gilmore
  • Inception
  • Kate & Leopold
  • Last Flight Out
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Les Miserables
  • Miss Congeniality
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Diaries
  • Run Fatboy Run
  • Skyfall
  • Timeline
  • The Wedding Singer
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • Zoolander