Category Archives: Movies
Just One Look
Category Discussion, Movies
We are going to sneak in a few days early because Sunday the 4th is the NFL’s Super Bowl. It is entirely conceivable that you will not be bringing your full attention to my column on that day, and why should you? I’ll be watching the game myself. Our video reviews generally are from spots [...]
The Good Life
Category Art, Movies, Travel
Ça va? That’s French, pronounced like sa-va, for how are you? Brrrrrr is the universal sound made by those of us living somewhere in the frozen northeast of the USA, or anyplace where winter lives, as both Mother Nature and Old Man Winter continue to bedevil us and wreak havoc on our leisure activities. Yes, [...]
Methodology & Method Acting
Category Movies
Here I am, a few days after New Years, recovering from jetlag. This time I have returned from Charles DeGaulle Airport, outside of Paris, France. While most of you are recovering from your New Year’s Eve parties, I am home thinking about my pleasurable weekend spent taking in some art at the Louvre and the [...]
Serenissima & Summertime
Category Art, Movies, Travel
The year ended recently. It’s the beginning of a new year. WTF do I talk about? I can’t do a review of the year as I haven’t had this site for a whole year. And I’m not much for predictions or prognostication. Guess I’ll just see where the keyboard and my imagination takes me. I [...]
Got Enough Space? – Lawrence of Arabia & Doctor Zhivago
Category Movies
I must tell you how important it is to have enough space. As many you are apartment dwellers, you’ll be able to identify with this. Eventually you run out of storage space. You may out-grow some of your clothes, or you just tire of them, so you buy new clothes. Meanwhile, your books, CD’s, and [...]
The Color Red
Category Art, Movies
December is here. St.Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukee already have snow on the ground. Danny DeVito’s movie, Deck The Halls has opened and I’m sure many of you will soon be installing your own Christmas lights on your homes. Yes, Santa Claus is on the way. Let’s have a look at him. He’s got his girth, [...]
Hiroko Sato in Sardinia
Category Movies, Reviews
X-Men, Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman. Rocky (Balboa), Rambo, The Alien, and Indiana Jones. Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Terminator, and Star Trek. Ok…one more set – The Godfather, Mission Impossible, The Exorcist, and Harry Potter. What’s the common thread connecting these film franchises, chararacters, or series? C’mon. it’s not that tough of a [...]