Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur

Deciphering the Code of Cinema From the Center of Los Feliz by Peter Avellino

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Going Under

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A wealthy young man newly married goes in for a risky heart transplant. Shortly after being administered his anesthetic, he realizes that he...
Friday, November 30, 2007

At The End Of The Day

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CASINO opened Thanksgiving weekend in 1995. People yawned. I’m sorry, were we insane? Were we just too dazed from having seen GOLDENEYE? I a...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Every Penny Of It

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When Eva Green as Vesper Lynd first comes into frame well into CASINO ROYALE, she has me right away. I’m a big fan of the movie anyway, but ...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Strangely Attractive

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Over the weekend Nikki Finke’s site has been hosting a number of videos featuring high-profile actors in regards to the current WGA strike (...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Sifting Through The Mist

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In the very first shot of THE MIST we get a look at several striking pieces of artwork as we are introduced to Thomas Jane’s character. We s...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

Syndication

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Early in the day on Thanksgiving I was listening to Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW. At one point a track began, very lounge, very sixties,...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

A Kind of a Gorilla

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This may only be for people who lived in New York during a certain period. There’s a period in my childhood that was marked by WOR Channel 9...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Lucky To Be Alive

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I still think that there’s a Saturday Night Live sketch somewhere in that pool table scene between Tom Cruise and Sydney Pollack in EYES WID...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

For More Than Just Your Money

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A moment of silence, please, for Michael Blodgett, who died last week at the age of 67. Blodgett appeared in such films as Roger Corman’s TH...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Until the Mess Gets Here

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Several times over the past week I’ve run into other people who have seen NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and we just found ourselves nodding over so...
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Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellino
Los Angeles, CA, United States
I'm a writer. I live in Los Feliz. Sometimes I go to the movies. There's more to tell, but not just now.
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