Saturday, September 10, 2016
First Lines: Barbara Ehrenreich - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
The idea that led to this book arose in comparatively sumptuous circumstances.
Friday, September 9, 2016
The California Kid (1974) (TV)
A deranged, desert town sheriff has a murderous habit or forcing speeders to their deaths, until a young man with a souped-up hotrod arrives to possibly end it.
Above-average TV thriller, an unusual revenge story with a twist, has some good details and a 'cool' performance by Martin Sheen.
Cavalcade (1933)
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoner couple.
Elaborate and stylish stage adaptation with excellent performances and great period settings manages a nostalgic panorama of times lost through the progression of historical events.
Halliwell**: "Rather stativ version of the famous stage spectacular, very similar in setting and style to TV's later Upstairs Downstairs. Good performances, flat handling."
Maltin****: "Lavish Hollywood adaptation of Noël Coward's London stage succes (which may remind many of TV's Upstairs, Downstairs)...Nostalgic, richly atmospheric, but also sharply critical of war and the aftershocks that brought an end to a wonderful way of life."
Thursday, September 8, 2016
First Lines: Robert M. Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thrity in the morning.
The Movies I Watched in August
1984 1956 7
Blondie 1938 6
Born Yesterday 1950 6
Brighton Rock 2010 6
Brute Force 1947 7
Call Northside 777 1948 8
Come Back, Little Sheba 1952 7
Compulsion 1959 7
Crossfire Hurricane 2012 7
Cry, the Beloved Country 1995 7
Ender's Game 2013 5
God Told Me To 1976 7
I Am Divine 2013 7
Ladies Should Listen 1934 5
Last Woman on Earth 1960 4
Lemmy 2010 7
Love & Mercy 2014 6
Mars Attacks! 1996 7
Millie 1931 6
Port of New York 1949 6
Red Planet Mars 1952 5
Revolt of the Zombies 1936 4
Sanctum 2011 5
Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 6
The Alligator People 1959 6
The Brain 1962 6
The Breaking Point 1950 7
The Conjuring 2013 5
The Dreamers 2003 7
The Man from Planet X 1951 5
The Phantom Planet 1961 4
VANish 2015 6
Blondie 1938 6
Born Yesterday 1950 6
Brighton Rock 2010 6
Brute Force 1947 7
Call Northside 777 1948 8
Come Back, Little Sheba 1952 7
Compulsion 1959 7
Crossfire Hurricane 2012 7
Cry, the Beloved Country 1995 7
Ender's Game 2013 5
God Told Me To 1976 7
I Am Divine 2013 7
Ladies Should Listen 1934 5
Last Woman on Earth 1960 4
Lemmy 2010 7
Love & Mercy 2014 6
Mars Attacks! 1996 7
Millie 1931 6
Port of New York 1949 6
Red Planet Mars 1952 5
Revolt of the Zombies 1936 4
Sanctum 2011 5
Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 6
The Alligator People 1959 6
The Brain 1962 6
The Breaking Point 1950 7
The Conjuring 2013 5
The Dreamers 2003 7
The Man from Planet X 1951 5
The Phantom Planet 1961 4
VANish 2015 6