Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Was just sifting back through what I've watched recently and realized I'd missed a bunch of movies back in December. So here are the quick catch up reviews: Moneyball - (2011) - Movie based on the story of Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A's, and his conversion to a more statistics based method... Continue Reading →
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - (2011) - Some movies have wonderful intricate plots. And some don't. This is a movie about people, about character and not about any particularly complex story line. A bunch of old people from England are (mostly) looking for something different and cheap in retirement. They end up in a... Continue Reading →
Had the opportunity to go to Germany last week with my 9-5 job. All that time flying over the Atlantic and free movies is pretty much as good as my life can get. So I watched the following: Jumper - (2008) If you take away all plot logic, character development and don't worry about actually explaining... Continue Reading →
John Carter (2012) What a mess. I read the books as a teenager. Oh, those Frank Frazetta covers. They're a wonderful piece of adventure from that time (Edgar Rice Burroughs published the first book "A Princess of Mars" in 1917. The last book in the series was published posthumously in 1964). The problem is that... Continue Reading →
The Best Years of Our Lives - (1946) This is one of those legendary movies that you hear about long before you see them. As classics so often are it is not only a movie of its time but of all time as well. The issues it touches on are every bit as topical now... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday 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... Continue Reading →
Wreck It Ralph - 2012- Let me be honest, I went to see this movie because my daughter wanted to see it (and she was paying). I'm not a gamer, wasn't even much of an arcade game player back in the day. But what the heck? What I got was a fabulous surprise. This movie... Continue Reading →
The Day of the Jackal - (1973) Sometimes classics aren't big hits. At least not at first. When director Fred Zinneman ("High Noon", "From Here to Eternity", "A Man For All Seasons") began casting the movie he decided he didn't want a big name star. He wanted the story to be the star. So the... Continue Reading →
Senna (2010) - This is for racing fans. The documentary follows the racing career of the great Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna through his tragic death at Imola in 1994. Senna put the world on notice from the moment he slid down into the cockpit of an F1 machine. Astoundingly fast, intensely competitive and... Continue Reading →
Mars Attacks (1996) - So let's see, Tim Burton directs, the cast includes Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, Annette Benning, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Jim Brown (the NFL great), Rod Steiger, Natalie Portman, Tom Jones (the great Welsh singer) and Pam Grier. It is a parody of '50s... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 