I’m not saying the fearsome Hurricane Ida isn’t a very serious threat to life and property, but it’s now 2:30 pm New Orleans time and I’m glad to report that things don’t…obviously I know nothing but right now it seems as if the news outlets have oversold it to some extent…emphasis on the “s” word. I wish I was there right now just to experience the drama and discomfort. I hope no lives are ultimately lost, that no one will be hurt, that the “hit” won’t be as bad as forecasted.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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