Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (with an excerpt from "The Ocean at the End of the Lane") by Neil Gaiman - This is a short story by the acclaimed author with an excerpt of a novel. In it two English lads in the 1970s go to a party and discover what most of... Continue Reading →
Once Upon A Time In America (1984) - This is one of those movies I'm pretty sure the cognoscenti think I should like. Sergio Leone is one of those directors that a certain portion of the movie loving community fawns over. I just can't muster a whole lot of enthusiasm for either. I do kind... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
The Retribution by Val McDermid - I don't think I've read anything else by this Scottish author and that's clearly a mistake on my part. While it's yet another forensic profiling meets crazed serial killer novel McDermid finds ways to bring a little freshness to the ideas. The book is the latest in a series... Continue Reading →
So I went to see the new Superman movie "Man of Steel". Let me start off by saying there was a lot that I liked in this movie.At the same time I came away a little disappointed. Superman movies suffer from a variety of challenges. There's the whole "expectations" thing. Those of us who have... Continue Reading →
The Station Agent (2003) - This is my favorite kind of movie. The "little" movie. The movie that no one ever saw unless it showed up on late night HBO or Cinemax. The movie that is recommended to you by a friend with a "You have to see this one". This is one of those... Continue Reading →
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Somehow in all the years of science fiction reading I've done I have somehow managed to never read this classic by Verne. It is a classic story of a man who turns his back on civilization after his family is presumably killed. But rather than disappear into... Continue Reading →
Slap Shot (1977) - If you talk to hockey players this is commonly listed as one of their favorite movies. It's also a movie that generates conversation. So let's get this out of the way right up front. This is not a great movie. At the same time it is a great movie. In the... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) I'm pretty sure I've seen at least two other Wes Anderson movies that I liked - "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tennebaums". Both of which are unique and stylistic movies. What I remember working there doesn't seem to work here for me. Anderson's directing becomes a part of the story, almost a... Continue Reading →
