Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Real Mail, Not That Modern Electronic StuffThe Shop Around The Corner (1940) - Two employees at a small gift store are constantly at odds with one another. They don’t realize that they are also secret pen pals. They’ve fallen in love with their anonymous correspondents as they argue their ways through the workday.Directed... Continue Reading →
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 →
Failure at a Giant ScaleThey Might Be Giants (1971) - A retired judge believes that he is Sherlock Holmes. When a relative, in pursuit of the judge's estate, tries to have him committed a new Dr. Watson enters the story. Together they face several mysteries they must try to resolve.Directed by Anthony HarveyStarring George C.... Continue Reading →
The Greatest Comic Cast Ever?It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, World (1963) - When a career criminal dies in an automobile accident, he leaves clues to the secret location of a hidden fortune to a group of strangers. A cast of some of the greatest comedians of the 20th Century take off running is this comedy... Continue Reading →
You'll Pay For It With Almost Two Hours Of Your Life!Split Second (1992) - In a dystopian near-future, a London detective hunts for his partner's killer. After years without a clue, the killer has returned, leaving slaughter behind. Will he be the hunter or the hunted?Directed by Tony MaylamStarring Rutger Hauer, Kim CattrallWhy I Like... Continue Reading →
Even Hemingway Hated This Hemingway A Farewell to Arms (1932) – An American (Cooper) serves with the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. When he mistakenly stops at an English hospital, he meets a beautiful nurse (Hayes) and they fall in love. The dangers of his job and the rules of... Continue Reading →
A Time Traveling Waste of TimeTime After Time (1979) Jack the Ripper escapes from Victorian London to San Francisco in the 1970s by way of H.G. Wells' time machine. Wells pursues the killer to stop his killing rampage.Better than the movieDirected by Nicholas MyersStarring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenbergen, David WarnerWhy I Liked It – David... Continue Reading →
Save the Grumpy Old Man, Save the WorldA Man Called Otto (2022) - The story of a man who stopped living until the world around him forced him back into life. New neighbors move in across the street and into his life, offering possibilities he thought would never be part of his life again.Directed by... Continue Reading →
A Starting Nine For A New SeasonI have been a baseball fan since I was a kid. One of my earliest memories of sports is carefully putting a “Smiling Bucco” sticker on the back fender of my bike. I’ve lived with the highs (World Series champs in 1971 and 1979) and the lows (a 20... 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 →
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