Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - An aging English barrister in ill health (Charles Laughton) is hired to defend an American (Tyrone Power) accused of killing an elderly friend. His wife (Marlena Dietrich) initially provides her husband with an alibi but her story becomes gradually more complicated as she is called as a witness for... Continue Reading →
A Serious Man (2009) - A physics lecturer up for tenure at a small Midwestern university in the late '60s watches his life spin completely out of control. His children have little to no use for him, while his wife boots him out to replace him with a recent widower. His brother lives on the... Continue Reading →
The Big Sleep (1946) - Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is called in to help settle the debts of the daughter of a wealthy man. Seems like a simple enough case but even before he gets out of the house another daughter (Lauren Bacall) throws the first of many curve balls headed his way in this... Continue Reading →
Gone with the Wind (1939) - As the Civil War sweeps through the nation, southern gentility are faced with the end of the life they have known. In the middle of it, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and Scarlett O'Hara (Vivian Leigh) collide in every manner possible. I need to be upfront about this movie. It... Continue Reading →
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1926) - F.W. Murnau's silent film classic follows a husband and wife from the country whose marriage is under attack from a sophisticate woman from the city. She tries to get the husband to kill to clear the field for herself. Modern film goers, especially those raised on uptempo... Continue Reading →
When I first got cable TV I immediately discovered that while have 30-50 channels (oh, back in the day) was really cool, what was TRULY amazing were the free weekends from the movie channels. Showtime and HBO and Cinemax would throw open the doors to the kingdom for 2-3 days and you could watch all... Continue Reading →
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Secret Agent 007, James Bond (George Lazenby) finds himself drawn into a "salvage mission" to try and help the troubled adult daughter of a Corsican criminal boss. As he and Tracie (Diana Rigg) discover the beginnings of a real romance, Bond continues his hunt of his arch-enemy Blofeld... Continue Reading →
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - A family moves to rural Japan so they can be close to their ailing mother. The girls, Satsuki and Mei, begin to explore their new world and discover that some amazing creatures live in the wood that borders their home. Wow. Where to even begin with this movie? It is... Continue Reading →
The Spitfire Grill (1996) - After serving time in a Maine prison, a young woman (Alison Elliot) chooses to move to the small town of Gilead, Maine to begin her life anew. There she is, somewhat reluctantly, taken in by a crotchety older woman (Ellen Burstyn) who runs the local restaurant. Together they will explore the... Continue Reading →
Bagdad Cafe (1987) - On the same day that Brenda (CCH Pounder), a disgruntled cafe owner in the middle of nowhere, throws her good for nothing husband out, a German tourist has a fight with her husband and finds herself at the Bagdad Cafe. Jasmine (Marianne Sägebrecht) speaks very little English and has no idea... Continue Reading →
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