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At the end of November in 1917 new chalkboards were installed on top of old ones in a school in Oklahoma City, leaving untouched what had been written and drawn on them. More than 97 years later, a few days … Continue reading
Gary
I never watched Firefly when the series originally aired, mainly because the whole idea of mixing spaceships and Westerns struck me as dumb. But later having discovered that the same writer-producer’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer was considerably better than I’d … Continue reading
The story covers a period of nearly three decades in the life of real-life New York mobster Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta), and the soundtrack features popular songs partly as a hint to the audience about when the events … Continue reading
Complete with unintentional underwater videography. A few successes somehow made it into this compilation. Link: https://youtu.be/RbE6BKJ2drQ by … Continue reading
I’ve only read one of the books in the long-running series of tongue-in-cheek melodramatic novels this is based on, but the movie seems to do a pretty good job of capturing the spirit and style of the source, including the … Continue reading
According to the conventions of meteorology, today, June 1, is the official first day of summer, at least for those of us in north of the tropics. Similarly, autumn starts September 1, winter December 1, and spring March 1. Of … Continue reading
I saw this based on a recommendation from late and much-missed friend Dave Locke. As he said, this is a true science fiction movie, not what usually passes for one. Sam Rockwell plays a man in a solo job at … Continue reading
Some books (and movies and essays and so on) aimed at adults are difficult for children to understand and appreciate. Others may delight children but don’t have much to offer for older audiences. Some can be enjoyed at different levels … Continue reading
A friend of mine recently drew my attention to last year’s March 2 episode of the Prickly City comic strip, which you can view here. (Incidentally, it appears that this website, GoComics, lets you subscribe to a variety of strips, … Continue reading
I ran across this surprisingly likable independent comedy quite by accident. It depicts a group of adult role-playing gamers (I’m tempted to say they were diagnosed with AD&D) not as predictable caricatures but as believable, if weird, people (though the … Continue reading