Saturday, December 3, 2011
First Lines: Philip K. Dick - Ubik
At three-thirty A.M. on the night of 5 June 1992, the top telepath in the Sol System fell off the map in the offices of Runciter Associates in New York City.
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Movies I watched in November
First Blood (1982) 6
Romasanta: (2004) 5
L'inferno (1911) 7
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) 5
Rambo III (1988) 5
A Dangerous Method (2011) 7
The House Nxt Door (2002) 4
Rain Man (1988) 6
Moby Dick (2010) (TV) 5
Alien Raiders (2008) 5
Romasanta: (2004) 5
L'inferno (1911) 7
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) 5
Rambo III (1988) 5
A Dangerous Method (2011) 7
The House Nxt Door (2002) 4
Rain Man (1988) 6
Moby Dick (2010) (TV) 5
Alien Raiders (2008) 5
New Stuff: Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem's newest book is an extensive collection of his nonfictional work.
A day in the life, Nov. 30, 2011
A day in the life, Nov. 30, 2011, the city's 'official' Christmas tree
First Lines: Bob Dylan - Chronicles Volume One
Lou Levy, top man of Leeds Music Publishing company, took me up in a taxi to the Pythian Temple on West 70th Street to show me the pocket sized recording studio where Bill Haley and His Comets had recorded "Rock around the Clock" - then down to Jack Dempsey's restaurant on 58th and Broadway, where we sat down in a red leather upholstered booth facing the front window.
Alien Raiders (2008)
A small town supermarket serves as the setting for this suspenseful sci-fi thriller about a malevolent alien seeking to take over the human race.
Standard alien invasion horror with an unusual plot.
Moby Dick (2010) (TV)
TV adaptation as a mini series of Herman Melville's classic novel.
Not too spectacular and not well cast adaptation, but fairly loyal to the book.
