Le Mans (1971) - How is this not the greatest movie of all time? It has Steve McQueen and race cars. It is one of the greatest auto racing movies of all time. OK, it's NOT the greatest movie of all time. But it is a stunning racing movie. The first thing you need to... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Men In Black 3
Men in Black 3 - (2012) One of Agent K's (Tommie Lee Jones) old enemies breaks out of prison and time travels to the past to get revenge by killing K before the arrest takes place. Agent J (Will Smith) follows the trail and works with the younger Agent K (Josh Brolin) to defeat the... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Three Musketeers
"The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas (pere) - 1844 Having just read a biography of Dumas's father (for which I thought I'd written a review but apparently not) I was happy to dive into this great classic of French literature hiding on my Nook. The basic story is fairly well known - a young man,... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) - Young Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself orphaned and with only 100 pounds income a year. Her solution? To live with (and off of) her distant relatives. Somewhat to her chagrin the likeliest candidate is a distant branch of the family who claim that they wronged her father. The Starkadders... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – RED 2
RED 2 (2013) - The world's premier geriatric band of undercover specialists team up again to track down and neutralize a potential nuclear bomb. Let's face it, what makes this movie and its predecessor so much fun has very little to do with the plot. This is about the characters and some fun dialogue. Frank... Continue Reading →
Music Review – Burrow by Max Garcia Conover
Burrow - Max Garcia Conover (Clip Records) This is the debut album for a young man with local roots in my backyard. Max is an amazingly talented guitar player/singer/songwriter who isn't going to fit into a nice neat pigeon hole. I got the chance to hear Conover play live at the Hometown Album Release Party at... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – The Barbarian Invasions
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) Remy is a dying man. In his final days his estranged son Sebastian tries to make those days more comfortable. Old friends and lovers will come together to try and ease his passage. Along the way the divisions between generations of Quebecois are explored as well. Left wing parents and... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – The Stunt Man
The Stunt Man (1980) - Want a visual definition of "star power"? This movie is it. Any part of this movie in which Peter O'Toole is not on screen is mediocre at best. Bad '70s TV at its worst. But when O'Toole is on screen it is something else entirely. A fugitive from justice (Steve... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Short stories from Neil Gaiman and Bill Veeck
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (with an excerpt from "The Ocean at the End of the Lane") by Neil Gaiman - This is a short story by the acclaimed author with an excerpt of a novel. In it two English lads in the 1970s go to a party and discover what most of... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – Once Upon A Time In America
Once Upon A Time In America (1984) - This is one of those movies I'm pretty sure the cognoscenti think I should like. Sergio Leone is one of those directors that a certain portion of the movie loving community fawns over. I just can't muster a whole lot of enthusiasm for either. I do kind... Continue Reading →
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