Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Dive Deep To Find Truths You May Not Want To Know Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney (2021) - Forty years ago, an asteroid threatened Earth with destruction. It was Akira Kimura that identified and then neutralized the threat, making her the savior of humanity. When she feels threatened, she calls on her former bodyguard/friend... Continue Reading →
It Ain’t ChinatownThe Two Jakes (1990) - In this sequel to the iconic “Chinatown”, Jake Gittes is back. This time it’s oil at the center of his investigation. Even though it looks more like murder.Directed by Jack NicholsonStarring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg TillyWhy I Liked It - A noble concept with a great cast... Continue Reading →
Fallen Angel (1945) - A down on his luck con man arrives in a small town on the California coast. Splitting his time between a huckster who claims he can speak with the dead and two local beauties pushes him into tighter corners than he expected. One of them ends up dead, and he looks... Continue Reading →
Scarlet Street (1945) - Christopher Cross is a middle aged bank clerk, trapped in an unhappy marriage. One night he rescues, and falls for a beautiful young woman. It turns out, she didn't need or want to be rescued, but convinced that he has money she plots with her grifter boyfriend to clean him out. ... Continue Reading →
Terminal (2018) – A stylish neo-noir story of hitmen, a dying man who may think of suicide, and the mysterious Mr. Franklyn. It’s a strange mish-mash of style over storytelling. Margot Robbie is interesting, but the rest of the cast are stuck in strange, uncomfortable roles. Simon Pegg plays the dying man with a... Continue Reading →
Richmond Noir - edited by Andrew Blosson, Brian Castleberry and Tom De Haven (2010) - This is a wonderful collection of short stories done in the noir style. As Tom Robbins (author of among others "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". Robbins grew up in Richmond and has a story in the collection) says in his foreword,... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 