Though the many years have gone by, somewhere out there in the dark, these three still cruise through the night and they always will.
"Still they ride,
on wheels of fire,
They rule the night.
Still they ride,
the strong will survive
Chasing thunder. . . "
Songwriters: Jonathan Cain / Neal Joseph Schon / Stephen Ray Perry
Still They Ride lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
AS THE YEAR TURNS, HERE ARE THE STATS FOR MY YEAR IN MOVIES 2024 AND THE RANKINGS THERETO!
All the details as usual can be found on my letterboxd list right here .
And click here to see my tmdb list of all the movies AND TV shows I watched in 2024.
Then there's my yootuberz playlist (click here) with all the movie trailers of every film I watched in 2024!
Here are my most watched starry stars of 2024:
And here are my most watched directors:
And that makes the Star of the Year Rod Taylor!
I KNEW I DIDN'T DREAM IT!!!!
Back in 2006, I wrote this post about the old Walt Whitman Theater in Pennsauken NJ which my great grandfather built. I also recalled dimly seeing Moe Howard (of the Three Stooges, natch) at a personal appearance there. Well, the interwebs came through with an actual newspaper ad for the event I went to when I was 7 years old!!!
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| The Maple Shade Custard Stand |
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| The little bridge & pond that used to be in the Moorestown Mall |
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| The huge birdcage that used to be in the Moorestown Mall |
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| Sound Odyssey record store that used to be in Cherry Hill Mall - I remember the purply/maroon shag carpeting that used to be on the floors AND the walls!!! |
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| The Pennsauken Mart used to have a Listening Booth record store in it. |
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| Wow! A Pennsauken Mart ad from before EVEN I was born!!!! |
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| An exterior of the Pennsauken Mart in its final days. |
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| An interior of the Pennsauken Mart after it closed down |
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| The iconic pretzel sign from the Pennsauken Mart |
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| An S&H Green Stamps store used to be on Main Street on the way from Maple Shade to Moorestown. I got my red King Tut T-shirt there - I still own it but it's too small for me to wear now!!! |
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| Grant's Department Store had a "restaurant" in it called the Bradford House |
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| Bradford House delectables from their menu. |
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| Hey! Grant's is having a steak dinner special in this newspaper ad! |
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| There used to be a Richman's in the Cherry Hill Mall in the late 70's/early 80's (for all I know it might still BE there!!!) which not only had the best barbecue beef sandwich (my mother and I loved them) but also my mother's (and my) favourite flavour ice cream: Black Raspberry!!! |
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| Steinhauer Elementary School in Maple Shade. Other than that goofy yellow and blue thing, this facade looks exactly the same as when I went there in the 1970s. |
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On Main Street going in the 'other' direction from Maple Shade towards Merchantville & Pennsauken (on the drive to my grandparents' house) was Peaches Records & Tapes! Wish I had some of those Peaches wooden crates to keep my vinyl in these days. |
And you'd better listen to Vinnie . . . if you know what's good fer ya.
WEEK 5 IS A SHORT ONE TO WRAP UP THE HOLIDAY HELL-A-THON.
So there you have it. No books got corn-pleted during this short week so for another week I ended up on Team Krampus. And for the first week, nothing ended up in the Team Elf column!
But let's take a look at the box scores:
Team Santa - 23 points
Team Krampus - 37 points
Team Elf - 5 points
Well, it was never really in any doubt, was it. For the 2024 HOLIDAY HELL-A-THON, I ended up on TEAM KRAMPUS!!!
Wasn't even close, really - despite ol' Santa winning a week. Still, this was a HELL of a lotta fun and I look forward to doing it again next year. Thanks Kelsi!
HERE ARE MY TEN FAVOURITE FILMS I WATCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER:
And now, here is everything . . . and I do mean EVERYTHING . . . I watched during the month.
