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href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-that-will-take-me-out-of-a-movie-or-tv-show">Nine Things That Will Take Me Out of a Movie Or TV Show</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The suspension of disbelief is imperative when watching (or reading, or listening to) a work of fiction. This is how we can accept a fantasy about giant blue aliens in outer space but get irked when there's a plot hole. Even though I've directed films and thus I know how the sausage is made, I can still easily lose myself… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-that-will-take-me-out-of-a-movie-or-tv-show">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-21165" class="list-of-9 post-21165 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-film-titles-that-sound-like-parodies"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220819-santa-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220819-santa-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220819-santa-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220819-santa.jpg 750w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Santa with Muscles</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> August 19, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2022">2022</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-film-titles-that-sound-like-parodies">Nine Film Titles That Sound Like Parodies</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In 2004, I found out completely third-hand that my horror thriller Claustrophobia was being released under the title "Serial Slayer" by Lionsgate. I felt like a character in a movie: the poor indie filmmaker who finally lands a deal and is then told by the studio, "We love your movie, baby. That's why we're giving it the most embarrassing title… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-film-titles-that-sound-like-parodies">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-20879" class="list-of-9 post-20879 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-personal"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-was-once-afraid-of-but-got-over"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220318-rollercoaster-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220318-rollercoaster-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220318-rollercoaster-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220318-rollercoaster.jpg 750w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Rollercoasters</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 18, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2022">2022</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-was-once-afraid-of-but-got-over">Nine Things I Was Once Afraid of, But Got Over</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I continue to slack on the List of 9 – as mentioned before, the "trivia space" of my brain has been absorbed with my upcoming website/app L.A. Street Names, while pop culture lists are now so pervasive that it's nearly impossible to think of a theme that hasn't already been done to death – so personal lists are all I… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-was-once-afraid-of-but-got-over">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-20430" class="list-of-9 post-20430 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-directors-who-fell-too-much-in-love-with-technology"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211129-zemeckis-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211129-zemeckis-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211129-zemeckis-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/211129-zemeckis.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Robert Zemeckis</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> November 29, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-directors-who-fell-too-much-in-love-with-technology">Nine Directors Who Fell Too Much in Love with Technology</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Digital visual effects are here to stay. Not just in terms of rendering entire characters and environments from scratch, but also in all those things you're not meant to notice: color and lighting correction, live action compositing, erasing wires and other detritus, etc. As such, there may be no filmmakers working today – certainly no mainstream filmmakers – who are… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-directors-who-fell-too-much-in-love-with-technology">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-20198" class="list-of-9 post-20198 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-history"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-that-symbolize-the-2010s"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210909-gameofthrones-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210909-gameofthrones-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210909-gameofthrones-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/210909-gameofthrones.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Game of Thrones</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> September 9, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-that-symbolize-the-2010s">Nine Things That Symbolize the 2010s</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Here we are in the final third of 2021, which I think has given us enough time to gain some perspective on the previous decade. Of course our understanding of a "decade" as a distinct collection of fashions, fads, and cultural mores may have ended with the 20th century. In other words, while the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s remain very… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-that-symbolize-the-2010s">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19937" class="list-of-9 post-19937 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-old-movie-tropes-ruined-by-smartphones"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210723-payphone-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210723-payphone-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210723-payphone-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210723-payphone.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Even Dirty Harry would have an iPhone today</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> July 23, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-old-movie-tropes-ruined-by-smartphones">Nine Old Movie Tropes Ruined by Smartphones</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>As movies and TV came around long after Alexander Graham Bell made his mark, the telephone has been an inherent part of screen storytelling from the beginning (unless, of course, your story is set in the pre-telephonic era). Thus dramatic tropes – or clichés, if you prefer – were quickly developed around it, at least around the ways we had… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-old-movie-tropes-ruined-by-smartphones">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19909" class="list-of-9 post-19909 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-travel"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-new-things-i-learned-about-great-britain"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210705-macaroni-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210705-macaroni-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210705-macaroni-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/210705-macaroni.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Macaroni cheese, not macaroni and cheese.</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> July 5, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-new-things-i-learned-about-great-britain">Nine New Things I Learned About Great Britain</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This list was conceived shortly after my December 2019 trip to England, when I spotted some peculiarities about British life that had escaped my notice in earlier visits. I intended to post it after returning to the UK in late March 2020; that holiday never happened, thanks to the pandemic, but I've been ignoring the List of 9 for so… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-new-things-i-learned-about-great-britain">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19605" class="list-of-9 post-19605 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-celebrities"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-with-rock-star-parents"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210325-sumner-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210325-sumner-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210325-sumner-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210325-sumner.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Mickey Sumner, Sting’s daughter</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 25, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-with-rock-star-parents">Nine Actors with Rock Star Parents</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Years ago, when I was still on Twitter, I saw someone rhetorically ask, "Since when did children of celebrities think they could be pop stars?" He was referring to Miley Cyrus, I guess, but I replied to him and said, "Since Ricky Nelson." We've come a long way from Ozzie and Harriet and their son's teen idol days; now the… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-with-rock-star-parents">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19491" class="list-of-9 post-19491 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-celebrities list-categories-travel"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-los-angeles-county-streets-named-for-movie-stars"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/210201-pickford-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/210201-pickford-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/210201-pickford-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/210201-pickford.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Mary Pickford has at least one namesake street</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> February 1, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-los-angeles-county-streets-named-for-movie-stars">Nine Los Angeles County Streets Named for Movie Stars</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>My big project for the past 8 months – and very well for the next 8 years – is something I'm calling L.A. Street Names. It's a forthcoming website and app about the name origins of streets throughout Los Angeles County. Naturally, some of these streets' namesakes are celebrities, but not nearly as many as one might think. (Someone recently… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-los-angeles-county-streets-named-for-movie-stars">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19375" class="list-of-9 post-19375 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-personal"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-accomplished-in-2020"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/210102-streetsign-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/210102-streetsign-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/210102-streetsign-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/210102-streetsign.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>My new project: L.A. Street Names</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> January 2, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2021">2021</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-accomplished-in-2020">Nine Things I Accomplished in 2020</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>There's no need to reiterate how bad 2020 was. It was arguably harder on me than on your average person, due to a death in my immediate family (not to Covid). But aside from that, as I've put it to friends, I didn't have a good year but I had a good 2020. So in the spirit of optimism, and… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-accomplished-in-2020">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19316" class="list-of-9 post-19316 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-personal"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-animals-ive-seen-in-the-wild-in-2020"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/201204-coyotes-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/201204-coyotes-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/201204-coyotes-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/201204-coyotes.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>A pair of coyotes at Griffith Park</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> December 4, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-animals-ive-seen-in-the-wild-in-2020">Nine Animals I’ve Seen in the Wild in 2020</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>With so much fun stuff shut down in Los Angeles this year, thanks to the pandemic, my wife and I have been trying to make the most of what's available. That means hiking – lots of it – two or three times a week. We're quite fortunate to have so many trails at our disposal: some popular, some hidden, each… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-animals-ive-seen-in-the-wild-in-2020">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19240" class="list-of-9 post-19240 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-misc"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-quotes-from-philip-ashamallah"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/201105-ashamallah-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/201105-ashamallah-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/201105-ashamallah-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/201105-ashamallah.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>From a 1986 Philip Ashamallah ad</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> November 5, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-quotes-from-philip-ashamallah">Nine Quotes from Philip Ashamallah</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Philip who? No, I haven't joined a cult. Here's the story: In the early 1990s, I would leaf through the LA Weekly and Los Angeles Reader and find large ads filled with colorful quotes by a local character named Philip Ashamallah (1923-2004). An immigrant of apparent Arab extraction, Ashamallah was a structural engineering contractor (i.e. a concrete guy) with hilariously… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-quotes-from-philip-ashamallah">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19101" class="list-of-9 post-19101 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-personal"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-have-too-much-of-in-my-house"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/200920-mugs-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/200920-mugs-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/200920-mugs-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/200920-mugs.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Just a few of our unused mugs</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> September 20, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-have-too-much-of-in-my-house">Nine Things I Have Too Much of in My House</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>My wife and I are not hoarders. We're very good at using up what we have and getting rid of what we don't need. Our house is small – 750 square feet, give or take – which means if we acquire something new, we usually need to eliminate something else to make room for it. Even down to my short… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-things-i-have-too-much-of-in-my-house">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-19087" class="list-of-9 post-19087 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-failed-films-directed-by-tv-series-creators"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200828-sourgrapes-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200828-sourgrapes-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200828-sourgrapes-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200828-sourgrapes.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Larry David’s Sour Grapes</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> August 28, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-failed-films-directed-by-tv-series-creators">Nine Failed Films Directed by TV Series Creators</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It's been a while since I wrote a List of 9; my research & writing interests have been focused on a new, non-film-related project called L.A. Street Names. You'll be hearing more about that later. Anyway, for decades, TV was seen as the artistic inferior to theatrical motion pictures. Lately, of course, the tables have turned. Yet TV creators remained… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-failed-films-directed-by-tv-series-creators">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18937" class="list-of-9 post-18937 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies list-categories-celebrities"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-unlikely-leading-men-for-juliette-binoche"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200701-binoche-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200701-binoche-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200701-binoche-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200701-binoche.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>With Dane Cook in Dan in Real Life</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> July 1, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-unlikely-leading-men-for-juliette-binoche">Nine Unlikely Leading Men for Juliette Binoche</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This is the most random of lists, I know. My mind has been preoccupied with a big, non-film-related project lately, and I've been neglecting my Lists of 9. At any rate, Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche is renowned for her European elegance and charm. As such, it's no surprise to see her cast opposite elegant and charming Europeans like Daniel Day-Lewis… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-unlikely-leading-men-for-juliette-binoche">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18889" class="list-of-9 post-18889 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies list-categories-music"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-named-after-songs-that-arent-heard-in-the-film"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200520-pumpup-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200520-pumpup-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200520-pumpup-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200520-pumpup.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Pump Up the Volume</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> May 20, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-named-after-songs-that-arent-heard-in-the-film">Nine Films Named After Songs (That Aren’t Heard in the Film)</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Here's another variation on a theme I've explored off and on: the confluence of song and movie titles. It's no secret that Hollywood studios will steal the title of a beloved pop hit to make a movie more palatable – the famous example is Disney/Touchstone taking a dark drama called 3000 and turning it into a romantic comedy called Pretty… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-named-after-songs-that-arent-heard-in-the-film">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18849" class="list-of-9 post-18849 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-movies-that-were-made-too-soon"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200505-rambo-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200505-rambo-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200505-rambo-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200505-rambo.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Rambo III’s “brave mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan”</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> May 5, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-movies-that-were-made-too-soon">Nine Movies That Were Made Too Soon</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Some movies age like wine; others like milk. Often it can't be helped. As a filmmaker, you don't always have all the facts about your subject matter, not to mention your collaborators; those facts might only surface later, when it's too late. If the following nine films had allowed a little more time for the truth to come to light,… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-movies-that-were-made-too-soon">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18799" class="list-of-9 post-18799 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-celebrities"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-who-had-to-change-their-names-because-of-other-famous-people"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200419-macy-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200419-macy-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200419-macy-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200419-macy.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>William H. Macy and Bill Macy</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> April 19, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-who-had-to-change-their-names-because-of-other-famous-people">Nine Actors Who Had to Change Their Names Because of Other Famous People</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The entertainment world is filled with stage names, from Joan Crawford (née Lucille LeSueur) to Lady Gaga (née Stefani Germanotta). For this list, I chose those actors who, unlike Maurice Micklewhite (a.k.a. Michael Caine) and Frances Gumm (a.k.a. Judy Garland), could have easily worked under their birth names – if only it weren't for other actors already having those names,… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-actors-who-had-to-change-their-names-because-of-other-famous-people">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18778" class="list-of-9 post-18778 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-personal list-categories-misc"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-of-my-favorite-spanish-words"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200407-muchedumbre-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200407-muchedumbre-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200407-muchedumbre-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/200407-muchedumbre.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>la muchedumbre, a.k.a. much dumb</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> April 7, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-of-my-favorite-spanish-words">Nine of My Favorite Spanish Words</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Although I took German in high school, I decided to study Spanish, as an adult, from 2006 until 2008, and again from 2017 until the present day. I am still far from fluent, but I have increased my vocabulary somewhat, and along the way I've found a few irresistible words that I'd like to share with you. Some are handy.… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-of-my-favorite-spanish-words">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <article id="post-18596" class="list-of-9 post-18596 type-list-of-9 status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry list-categories-movies"> <div class="update-post-thumb"> <a title="" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-based-on-epistolary-novels"> <img width="250" height="140" src="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200304-dracula-250x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200304-dracula-250x140.jpg 250w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200304-dracula-500x280.jpg 500w, https://cassavafilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200304-dracula.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> </a> <span>Bram Stoker’s Dracula</span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> March 4, <a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/2020">2020</a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-based-on-epistolary-novels">Nine Films Based on Epistolary Novels</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The epistolary novel is the literary equivalent of the found footage film, abandoning a traditional narrative for one cobbled together from fictitious diary entries, personal letters, and so on. Loads of novels have been written in this style, but how many films based on these works manage to capture their epistolary – which, after extensive research, I've concluded is a… <a class="moretag" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-films-based-on-epistolary-novels">read more!</a></p> </div> </article> <div class="pagination"> <span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/page/2">2</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/page/3">3</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/page/21">21</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/page/2">Next »</a></div> <footer id="colophon"> <p>Copyright © 2025 Mark Tapio Kines. All rights reserved.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>