Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Any Given Sunday (1999) An NFL team on the brink of collapse after years of legendary success. Their old school head coach must find a balance between the way the game used to be played and how modern players want to roll. Along the way, there will be acts of genius and betrayal as they... Continue Reading →
A zealous young editor goes to Venice in search of the legendary final papers of the American poet Jeffrey Aspern. Do they even exist? And to what depths will he have to go to find out?
F1 -The Movie (2025) – A veteran driver returns to F1 after decades away to save a team and teach a rising young star the ropes. Director – Joseph Kosinski Starring – Brad Pitt, Damon Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon Why I Liked – A standard story with some impressive racing footage Let’s get the... Continue Reading →
It was a year of new challenges, new wheels and new achievements. The hope is that it’s a year that sets me up for an even better year in 2026. I meant to do a year-end review of my riding along with the usual suspects of movies and books. But once the end-of-year break arrived,... Continue Reading →
Last day of the year and here is my list of my top movies of the year. As noted in my last two posts, this was a down year in some ways. My reviewed movie total for the year is 35, compared to my usual goal of 50. That's UP one movie from last year!... Continue Reading →
I have the same goal for each year when it comes to reading. 25 books, minimum. That's less than a book every two weeks. For someone who grew up a VORACIOUS reader, that should be a walk in the park. And yet... Photo by EYu00dcP BELEN on Pexels.com1 Once again, I have fallen short. My... Continue Reading →
I noted back in September that I was struggling. By the end of October, I knew that I’d run into several walls all at once. My physical energy never quite recovered from the longest year of bicycling of my life (81 rides and 1,100 miles!), my mental energy was ebbing, and my emotional energy was... Continue Reading →
Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project (2025) -A documentary crew follows a group of passionate amateur movie makers. The group stumbles and scams their way toward their cinematic vision: a “found footage” horror film about three missing college students and Bigfoot. Directed by Max Tzannes Starring Brennan Keel Cook, Chen Tang, Erika Vetter,... Continue Reading →
Spaceballs (1987) – A Mel Brooks send-up of the “Star Wars” movies! Led by Black Helmet, the forces of planet Spaceballs try to steal all the breathable air from their rivals on Druidia. Leading the fight against them is a swashbuckling pilot for hire and his hairy sidekick. All they have to do is rescue... Continue Reading →
Pixels (2015) – An alien race believes that transmissions of old video games are real, and are a declaration of war by Earth. They fight back using the images of the games as models for their own weapons. Three middle-aged men, who were gaming champions in their youth, fight to defend Earth. Directed by Chris... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 