Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"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 →
Dial M For Murder (1954) - A man hatches a plan to murder his wife, only to have it go wrong. His Plan B attempt is nearly perfect. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring - Ray Milland, Grace Kelly,... Continue Reading →
The Window (1949) - A boy with a reputation for telling tall tales witnesses a murder, and no one will believe him! Directed by Ted Tetzlaff Starring - Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy While often categorized as film noir,... Continue Reading →
Futureworld (1976) - Things had gone horribly, horribly wrong in "Westworld" but the computer geniuses have figured it all out for the new robotic theme worlds, including "Futureworld". Two reporters (Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner) are looking for a story. Is it a great new amusement or something more sinister? Deep in the bowels of... Continue Reading →
I spend a lot of time each year watching movies and reading books. The fruit of all that effort shows up each week here. This week I traditionally "take off" from doing the usual reviews. So I thought for 2016 I'd take a look at what reviewed over the last twelve months and pick out... 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 →
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - George Bailey was a young man with dreams. Dreams that he set aside so that he could take care of those around him. Finally, one Christmas Eve, he's pushed too far and wishes that he had never been born. What the world looks like without him isn't what he... Continue Reading →
The Way (2010) - A father travels to Europe to claim the body of his only son, who died on the first day of a pilgrimage through northwestern Spain. On impulse, the father decides to complete the journey for his son. In the end, it becomes a pilgrimage for them both. Directed by Emilio Estevez... Continue Reading →
Quick looks at more recent movies Crimson Peak (2015) - A visually stunning, gothic romance/horror film that simply has no guts, no heart, nothing behind a beautiful face. Utterly predictable modern version of a hundred previous versions of this story. If you don't mind the shallowness of the storytelling, you will fall in love with... Continue Reading →
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) - Ten years after World War II, Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is still troubled by what he did there. Meanwhile, at home, his wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones) is hoping to move up in the world, at least a little. So Tom takes a job as a PR... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 