Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Princess Mononoke (1997) - A young prince leaves his people to fight an evil that is spreading across the land and threatens his own life. He arrives to a war between humans and those who live in the great forest.Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Starring (voices only)- Billy Bob Thornton, Gillian AndersonWhy I Liked It -... Continue Reading →
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (2020) - Earth Zero has discovered how to traverse between worlds. Cara is valued as a traverser because her doppelgangers are dead on most of the worlds known. If you arrive in a world where the other you is still alive, your death will be kind of quick... Continue Reading →
To Be Or Not To Be (1942) - As World War II begins, a Polish acting company is drawn into the underground fighting the Nazis. Led by a conceited and jealous husband (Benny) and his beautiful wife (Lombard) they put a dramatic (and comic) flair to the hunt for a spy.Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Starring-... Continue Reading →
Barbarella (1968) - In the 26th Century, special agent Barbarella is sent to return an evil genius to Earth before he brings war back into a peaceful society.Directed by Roger Vadim Starring Jane Fonda, Anita Pallenberg, John Philip LawWhy I Liked It - Ummmm, Jane Fonda was kinda cute?"Barbarella" tries to combine science fiction with... Continue Reading →
Once Upon A Time In Venice (2017) - A retired cop turned private investigator tries to help a friend. Unfortunately, it puts him in the crosshairs of several local gangs, one of which steals his dog. Only an unusual string of tasks can reunite them.Directed by Mark Cullen Starring - Bruce Willis, John Goodman, Jason... Continue Reading →
180° South (2010)– A documentary about one man’s journey to South America to fulfill the climb of his dreams. Along the way he meets some personal heroes, and people working to save beautiful and endangered parts of our world. Directed by Chris Malloy Starring: Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Keith Molloy Why I Liked It... Continue Reading →
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (2020) - A high-profile wedding brings disappointments, secrets, and death to a beautiful island off the coast of Ireland. Will it be “happily ever after” or will someone else die? Here’s the quick way to think of this book. Update F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby” characters to the 21st... Continue Reading →
Stage Fright (1950) - The police suspect Jonathan Cooper of murder. He turns to Eve, a friend with a crush on him, for help. She not only hides him, but goes undercover to investigate the truth.Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Alastair Sim, Richard ToddWhy I Liked It-Just enough from all this... Continue Reading →
The Shape of Water (2017) – At the height of the Cold War, U.S. scientists hide a strange marine creature in a secret laboratory. Is it an animal, or is it intelligent? A lonely young woman stumbles on the secret and begins an unusual relationship. Director by Guillermo del Toro Starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer,... Continue Reading →
To The Vanishing Point by Alan Dean Foster (1988) - The Sonderberg family doesn’t know it yet, but this will not be an ordinary road trip. A quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality where they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker. It turns out the family has given a ride... Continue Reading →
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