Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
(Some quick looks are more recent movies) Ghostbusters (2016) - Some good ideas get buried by a train wreck of a script. Are they playing it for laughs or straight? They never quite make up their mind leaving a cast with potential floundering. A couple nice moments, a couple good laughs. The cameos by the... Continue Reading →
This is "Banned Book Week", an annual campaign by the American Library Association and Amnesty International to increase awareness around banned and challenged books, celebrate the freedom to read and highlight persecuted individuals. This year I am doing a little highlighting of my own, with a favorite banned book each day. The list of books... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859) - Travelling from London to Paris at the time of the French Revolution, Dr. Manette is released after 18 years in prison. He is returned to the daughter he never knew with his mind badly broken by his imprisonment. She falls in love with a French nobleman... Continue Reading →
Topaz (1969) - A French secret service agent does a favor for American intelligence that leads him back to a Soviet spy in the French government. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring John Forsyth, Frederick Stafford, John Vernon This movie would seem to... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (1966) Taken from Brubeck's prime years with Columbia, this record has a solid core of the music that put the man and his quartet in the jazz spotlight. Unlike a lot of jazz greats, Brubeck had an honest to God popular hit in "Take Five". This collection includes that plus many... Continue Reading →
Dr. Stranglove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - A deranged Air Force general sends bombers with nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union trying to provoke a war he believes the United States will win in this Cold War satire. Directed by Stanley Kubrick ... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
The Edinburgh Twilight - The Ian Hamilton Mysteries #1 by Carole Lawrence (2017) - A killer stalks the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland as the 20th century approaches. Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton will stalk the killer in a deadly conflict. It will strike fear into the heart of the city and touch on the detective's darkest... Continue Reading →
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