Incredible Swing Video Cries for Real Swing Dancers
The music translated well into Japanese, but the dancing didn’t make it… still an amazing piece of playing.
Category: YouTube Reviews
Review of “Trunk Monkey” compilation by Rob Dinsmoor
A friend and I like to play “You Tube” wars at my computer, seeing who can come up with the funniest, most poignant, or most bizarre videos on “You Tube. The night she came up with “Trunk Monkey,” she won hands down. Just watch the video and you’ll see why.
Review of Scene from “The Departed” by Rob Dinsmoor
In this film by Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, a mob guy who infiltrates the police department, and Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, an undercover copy infiltrating the mob. In this delightful scene, Colin figures out that Billy is the undercover cop they’ve been looking for. When Billy calls Colin back, he figures [...]
Review of “Spiders on Drugs” by Rob Dinsmoor
This video is making the rounds, showing up on Facebook regularly, and with good reason–it’s hysterical. The narrator’s delivery is perfectly dry, and the narrative and images move from the plausible to the ridiculous. Enjoy!
Review of Gus Death Scene from “Breaking Bad”
This scene, which I have watched countless times now, helps to demonstrate why “Breaking Bad” is one of the most popular shows on television. First, some background: High school chemistry Walter White learns that he has lung cancer and wants to make sure his family is taken care of. He learns from his brother-in-law Hank, [...]
Review of “The Crazy Nasty-Ass Honey Badger” by Rob Dinsmoor
This is one of many hilarious nature videos narrated by a wonderful man named Randall, who comes off as a gay and squeamish version of Marlin Perkins. There’s something very funny about humans judging animals on human terms. The honey badger has been called the most fearless animal around, taking on very dangerous animals. But [...]
Review of “After Hours” Trailer by Rob Dinsmoor
This is a great trailer for a very funny black comedy called “After Hours,” directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1985. As you can see from the trailer, a mild-mannered uptown Manhattan yuppie (Griffin Dunne) meets a young woman (Roseanne Arquette) who lives in SoHo. As he’s taking the cab ride down there, he [...]
Review of Tommy Udo stairway scene in “Kiss of Death” by Rob Dinsmoor
Before there were modern-day creepy performances by James Woods and Dennis Hopper, there was Richard Widmark’s screen debut as mob killer Tommy Udo in “Kiss of Death.” This scene is shocking and rough, even by today’s standards, for reasons that will become apparent. As my friend Bob put it, “It’s Meals on Wheels, Tommy Udo [...]
Review of “Bullitt” chase scene by Rob Dinsmoor
Before the advent of “The French Connection,” this was the ultimate car chase scene on celluloid. It featured the stunt driving of Bill Hickman, who also worked on chase scenes in “The French Connection” and “The Seven-Ups.” There are several factors that make this adrenaline- and testosterone-charged sequence particularly effective: First, what a wonderful backdrop [...]
Review of HAL’s Death Scene in “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Rob Dinsmoor
When “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a collaboration between film director Stanley Kubrick and science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark, splashed onto the screen in 1968, no one knew what to make of it. Many critics hated it. The New York Times review had very little good to say about it, complaining that it was long, [...]
