Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? (1966) - A middle aged couple, George (Richard Burton) and Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), have a relationship based on verbal abuse, alcohol and broken dreams. Once upon a time he was an up and coming history professor and she was the beautiful daughter of the college president. Today they are vicious... Continue Reading →
The Monuments Men (2014) - The story of members of the Allied forces in World War II tasked with finding and saving art work and buildings in the midst of the war. They also had to track down and return the thousands of pieces of art stolen by Nazi forces. Every once in a while... Continue Reading →
The Good Girl (2002) - A small town Texas woman (Jennifer Aniston) is bored with her life. Bored with her well meaning but ineffectual, stoner husband (John C. Reilly). Bored with her pointless job in a local discount store. All that boredom leads to her having an affair with a young coworker (Jake Gyllenhaal) who... Continue Reading →
Blow Up (1966) - An arrogant fashion photographer(David Hemmings) suddenly discovers that some photos he'd taken while walking in the park may contain evidence of murder. As he tries to figure out what's going on he must deal with a mystery woman (Vanessa Redgrave) who isn't telling him everything. I've been watching this series of... Continue Reading →
Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - A public relations man (Jack Lemmon) falls in love with the secretary of a client (Lee Remick). His alcoholism becomes their alcoholism and their lives spin out of control. Nominated for five Oscars (including both Best Actor and Actress) wining once for the Henry Mancini score. Most of... Continue Reading →
Blow Out (1981) - A small time movie sound engineer(John Travolta) captures the sound of a car crash that may been an assassination rather than an accident. He and the young woman he rescued from the car (Nancy Allen) will try to get the truth out while a killer stalks them. Time to swim against... Continue Reading →
The Guard (2011) - When an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) arrives in a small Irish village in pursuit of international drugs smugglers he discovers the local police (Brendon Gleeson) has his own way of doing things. The button down Fed and the unconventional local member of the Irish Garda will find their own way towards... Continue Reading →
The Conversation (1974) - A reclusive surveillance expert (Gene Hackman) faces the demons from his professional past when a current assignment reminds of of a job that resulted in three deaths years before. He becomes obsessed with the recorded conversation he has made and it's possible outcome. Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed this one... Continue Reading →
(This was a post I wrote back in 2010. It is still my definitive list) And the usual ranting about Christmas is well under way. The "Happy Holidays" rant, the "They've stolen Christmas" rant, all the usual suspects. I'm tempted to add a little rant of my own, mostly about how tired I am of... Continue Reading →
The Black Hole (1979) - A deep space exploration mission discovers a vessel missing for twenty years. Inside they will meet the mad genius who has found a way to travel through a black hole to a different location in spacetime. Other secrets will be revealed as they explore the life he has created in... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 