Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
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 →
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 →
