Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Some quick reviews of newer movies. Jason Bourne (2016) - I am a HUGE Jason Bourne fan. I loved all the movies. Until this one. While it reunites Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass as star and director, it left out Tony Gilroy. Gilroy wrote the scripts for the previous movies. This one would be fine... Continue Reading →
The Mystery of Cloomber by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1888) - On a secluded coastline of Scotland, two families are brought together. Cloomber Hall is occupied by the family of a retired Indian Army general. They wall themselves in against a threat that only they can see. One stormy night, a shipwreck off the coast... Continue Reading →
Platoon (1986) - A young recruit faces the moral contradictions of war and the brokenness of humanity in the jungles of Viet Nam. Directed by Oliver Stone Starring - Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger This was the movie that put Stone on... Continue Reading →
The Jackal (1997) - An imprisoned Irish Republican Army member (Richard Gere) is freed to stop a nameless assassin, known only as the "Jackal" (Bruce Willis) who is targeting a high-level U.S. official. Directed by Michale Caton-Jones Starring Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier You may think... Continue Reading →
Death of Choice Eight Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery Compiled by Micheal Maxwell (2015) Kindle E-book When you grab a book with this kind of title you are expecting murder to figure heavily in the stories. In fact, it figures in about half. The real problem here is that there's not much effort put... Continue Reading →
The Thin Man (1934) - Retired detective Nick Charles and his heiress wife Nora find their life of frivolity and fun interrupted by the disappearance of an old client. That's followed by a series of murders. The socialite couple leaps into the fray with drink held high and a series of quips on their lips.... Continue Reading →
Darwin's Selection- Volume 1: A Whole New World by Christopher Slater (The Story Plant - 2017) - Darwin Woodman is a brand new college student when things begin to get weird. It starts with a dog. A really big dog that seems to follow her around. Soon she is confronted with a disturbing reality. Not... Continue Reading →
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - An unassuming teacher at a small English school remembers the story of his life and his many years of service to the school and the young men that passed through its halls. Directed by Sam Wood ... Continue Reading →
River City Blues by Ward Howarth (2016) - World War II veteran Bennie Sherwood comes home to Richmond after a tour of duty that took him to the grim fighting on Guadalcanal. Following in his father's footsteps, he joins the Richmond Police Department. He's also trying to solve the mystery of the old man's murder.... Continue Reading →
To Sir, With Love (1967) - While waiting for a job as an engineer to open up for him, an idealistic teacher (Sidney Poitier) takes a job teaching inner-city kids in London's rough East End. The students run out to be very different than he expected and he turns out to be a different kind of... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 