Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Just banging through things these days. Can't remember if I've reviewed "The Lion in Winter" before. The 1968 multi Oscar winning film is one of my favorite stage plays. Great cast (Katherine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins {his first role}, Nigel Terry and Timothy Dalton), a fabulously quotable script, and some compelling if not particularly... Continue Reading →
Read "The Lost Symbol", "The Art of the Heist" and "The English Assassin" plus watched the movie "Boondock Saints" all in the last couple weeks. A few quick thoughts: Since there's only one movie let's do "Boondock Saints" first. My daughter is a big fan of this movie and has been urging me to watch... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this the View From the Phlipside. I had an interesting time a week or so ago watching two movies that... Continue Reading →
Slowly working through the very long list of movies I want to see that is otherwise known as my Netflix queue. I've wanted to see this one for a while. Perfect to get me into mental position to go out and chase that little white ball this summer. The Legend of Bagger Vance - (Yes,... Continue Reading →
Clerks, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, plus Top Producer and The Mile High Club Yes, I am absolutely taking advantage of my sabbatical time to get in some serious reading time and movie watching. This is an interesting collection. Let's do the easy ones first: Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy - I read the... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. You make a movie. It's intelligent, challenging, visually stunning. The critics rave. Audience response... Continue Reading →
Just so everyone is clear that I'm not all work and no play on my sabbatical. Just saw an interesting movie and read an interesting book. Pizza(2005): Saw the promo for this and was intrigued. It's the story of "the weirdest girl in school" (I've known LOTS weirder girls than her. But that's for another... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. Hollywood is known for jumping on a successful idea and re-creating it over and... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. Well the Oscars have been awarded which means it's Oscar analysis time! I will... Continue Reading →
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. Please excuse me while I take just a moment to go all fanboy geeky... Continue Reading →
