Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The Men Who Lost America - British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire. By Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy In school we all learned the American mythology of how we won our independence from Great Britain. It wasn't until I was in college that some of the detail of that part of our history... Continue Reading →
Panic (2000) - As the credits roll I'm thinking "How have I never heard of this movie?" William H. Macy, Tracy Ullman, John Ritter, Neve Campbell, Donald Sutherland, Barbara Bain. Miguel Sandoval even has a short little role towards the end. A classic spot the stars and yet I've never heard of it. Turns out... 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 Lost Cyclist - David V. Herlihy (2010) - The sub-title here is "The Epic Tale Of An American Adventurer And His Mysterious Disappearance" which offers a nice little summation. This is the story of Frank Lenz an early star in the world of bicycling. Bicycles are such a common object that we forget that... Continue Reading →
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (2012 Hyperion) Got this one as a Christmas present. I read "Tuesdays with Morrie" a couple years ago and was moved by Albom's story. So I was happy to put this on the To Read pile. The book tells the story of Father Time. He was the human who... Continue Reading →
Eastern Promises (2007) - This is one of those movies I'm "supposed" to like. It's directed by David Cronenberg, the critics generally love it, the movie won a couple minor awards, received several larger award nominations including a Best Actor Oscar nod for Viggo Mortensen. It didn't make a huge amount of money but enough... 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 →
(Having just said I don't do new movie reviews I will now break my word. Hey, it's my party, I'll review what I want to) What an enormous pile of crap. I need to begin by offering my sincerest apologies to the agents of the U.S. Secret Service. These brave men and women put their... Continue Reading →
Not sure I've ever laid this out. The passing of Roger Ebert got me thinking about why I do all this and how I make my judgments. For me a critic's opinions are worth very little if I don't understand where they find their foundation. Some of my most reliable critics are the ones with whom... 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 →
