Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Hud (1963) - Hud Bannon (Paul Newman) is an unscrupulous, self-centered, hard drinking womanizer. Everything that his father, Homer (Melvyn Douglas), isn't. Caught between them is the son of the dead older brother, whose death created a wall between the two adults. A crisis on the family ranch will push everyone to the edge. Directed... Continue Reading →
Catching up on some of the newer films I missed in the theaters. All science fiction this month. Lucy - (2014) - A woman is tricked into being a drug mule, then exposed to the highly experimental drug. She begins to access more of her brain and incredible powers over her body. Eventually, the drug... Continue Reading →
Podcast for the week of April 18, 2016 This week on the TVFTP podcast: The story of AMC's very brief flirtation with allowing texting in movie theaters passed almost too quickly for me to comment. Almost. The end of the Rush Limbaugh media kingdom may be coming to an end. Time to offer some respect,... 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 →
I am a huge fan of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. My bet is that his work really came to our attention with "The Civil War" in 1990. At his best, his movies and series are sweeping poetry done in film. His visual style, use of music and ability to interweave personal narratives to the larger... Continue Reading →
The Osterman Weekend (1983) - A TV investigative journalist is told by the CIA that his closest friends are actually spies. It appears that they are setting him up to take the fall. Now he has to figure out what to do when they are all coming to his home for the weekend. Directed by... Continue Reading →
Working on the upcoming movies list. I try to keep a good rotation of classics, Indie plus newer stuff that I just haven't seen yet. So I realized that I hadn't done any queue maintenance in a while when three documentaries in a row landed in my mailbox. Most of the titles are familiar but... Continue Reading →
No Time For Love (1943) - A sophisticated female photographer (Claudette Colbert) reluctantly takes an assignment shooting a tunnel building crew. She meets a handsome and egotistical "sand hog" (Fred MacMurray) and sparks fly. Directed: Mitchell Leisen ... Continue Reading →
A Face in the Crowd (1957) - A small-time grifter (Andy Griffith) is discovered by a small town radio producer (Patricia Neal). His singing and down-home humor make him a star on the national stage. When fame goes to his head his world comes crashing down. Directed by Elia Kazan ... 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 →
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