Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Two movies this week but they really deserve to be together. They follow the lives of Simon Grim (James Urbaniak), his sister Fay (Parker Posey), and a bombastic but vastly untalented writer with a mysterious past Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan). Written and directed by Hal Hartley the movies are both funny and deeply serious.... Continue Reading →
White Heat (1949) - James Cagney stars with Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien in one of the great gangster movies of all time. Cody Jarrett (Cagney) is a psychopath with mother issues. He leads a gang of robbers and murderers on an extensive crime spree with his girlfriend Verna (Mayo). Ma Jarrett is Cody's only... Continue Reading →
Diggers (2006) - It's the 1970s on Long Island. For generations men have gone out into the waters near shore to search for clams. But a corporation is intruding on the shallows where the diggers ply their trade. Four childhood friends try to figure out what they're going to do if they can't do what... Continue Reading →
The Bank Dick (1940) - Egbert Souse (pronounced "Soo-say") is hen pecked, disrespected by his children and generally both lazy and a coward. He tries to get by with an angle and a scam. Along the way he'll take a turn at both movie director, capture a bank robber and become the bank detective. He'll... Continue Reading →
Great collection of short films available on a single DVD from Netflix - "West Bank Story" - A very funny takeoff of the classic musical "West Side Story" but here a nice Israeli boy falls in love with a nice Palenstinian girl. He's a member of the Israeli army and his family runs the "Kosher... 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 just after 8 AM and 5 PM. 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... Continue Reading →
In the Heat of the Night - (1967) - The town of Sparta, Mississippi has high hopes for a new factory in their town. Then the man who was to build that factory is killed on the street. Police initially suspect a black man travelling through town named Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) but he turns... Continue Reading →
RoboCop (1987) - In a dystopian future Detroit a city policeman is mortally wounded then brought back to life and duty when he's transformed into a cyborg. RoboCop will have to battle criminals, the big money corporation that created him and his own lingering memories. This all began when I caught the last 45 minutes... Continue Reading →
Driving Lessons (2006) - A shy young man, Ben, (Rupert Grint) takes a job working for an eccentric retired actress, Evie, (Julie Walters) in part to make a little money and in part to escape his domineering mother (Laura Linney). His browbeaten father, the local vicar, (Nicholas Farrell) has retreated before his wife's megalomania and... Continue Reading →
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) - A poor black family in Chicago faces new stresses when the life insurance check arrives. Walter Lee (Sidney Poitier) dreams of escaping his poverty while his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) is simply trying to figure out how to keep her husband happy. His mother has to figure out... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 