Cruising with Bond. James Bond.
Here’s an article purporting to rank the James Bond films in ascending order. I saw a few of the early films, but I haven’t seem most of them on the list. So I can’t do my own ranking. But I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Movies
Griffin Dunne’s memoir sounds interesting
Who’s Griffin Dunne?, you might ask. He’s an actor I first became familiar with from the Scorcese film “After Hours.” I saw it in a movie theater when it first came out in 1985, and I think that although the … Continue reading →
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It’s been raining today.
Continue reading →Lawfare against Trump: all that matters are results
I’ve had a number of interesting – although short – conversations with friends about the lawfare cases against Trump. A pattern has emerged: they’re upset that the cases have been stalled, and they perceive the courts and prosecutors as going … Continue reading →
Hollywood’s cause du jour now seems to be supporting Hamas through a ceasefire
The trend-setting accessory of the evening last night at the Oscars was a little pin that has been described in several different ways. I had trouble finding a closeup, but here’s the way it was described by those advocating its … Continue reading →
I saw Peter Ustinov in a YouTube video and I started to wonder about his life
And so I looked him up. Want to see something complicated? From Ustinov’s Wiki page: Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov was born at 45 Belsize Park, London, England. His father, Jona Freiherr von Ustinov, was of Russian, German, Polish, Ethiopian … Continue reading →
Natasha and Andrei dance
Same scene, two versions of War and Peace. Hollywood, circa 1956. Ferrer and Hepburn were married in real life at the time: Here’s the Russian version made in the 1960s, which I saw in movie theaters long ago. I found … Continue reading →
It’s Groundhog Day – again!
[NOTE: What could be more appropriate on Groundhog Day than a repeat of an old essay about the movie? The film is a huge personal favorite of mine: very funny, mysterious, and touching. This essay has been slightly edited, of … Continue reading →
The Last Unicorn
Kids these days love unicorns. Unicorns are almost their emblems, their mascots. I’m not sure why, but I’ll go with it. Unicorns are a beautiful escape from reality, and a benign one. Even adults can use that now and then. … Continue reading →
Abortion is business as usual
A modern woman speaks: Left-wing Hollywood actress Kerry Washington argued that abortion is a “normal part of women’s lives” in her memoir during a discussion about her past abortion. “The reality is that abortion is a very real and normal … Continue reading →
RIP David McCallum
David McCallum was one of my favorite actors when I was young. I only saw him in two things, but I loved him in both. I’m not sure I could explain why, either. I found his blond looks exotic and … Continue reading →
Where we’re headed regarding liberty – and half the population is just fine with it
I saw this tweet highlighted on Instapundit today: Facial recognition now required for entering and leaving your neighborhood zone in China's 15-minute cities. Citizens are literally living in open-air prisons, where their every move is being watched and judged by … Continue reading →