Category Archives: Movies / TV

The 420 Bus to Hollywood

Distances in LA tend to be far. North Hollywood to Beverly Hills was not too bad with a car. A twenty minute ride. I was living with Scottie Taylor in a pool house. The year 1995. Late spring. The owner ran a strip club off West Pico Boulevard. The girls sunbathed nude in the mornings. [...]

INCEPTION / movie

The summer offering from Hollywood had been bleak, so the movie public responded to last weekend’s release of INCEPTION with smash box office numbers. Day 1 Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film grossed over $21 million. The weekend total was almost $100 million,as word of mouth filled 6000-plus theaters across the continent. Sunday night AP’s wife gave [...]

A Cure for Lonliness

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat? A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!

Charlte Rampling – NIGHT PORTER

There were no good Germans. So why do Jews drive Mercedes. “Good cars by bad people.”

GOING SOUTH – movie

Several years ago I was watching the BBC and Charlotte Rampling on the screen. She had been a fantasy of mine after seeing THE NIGHT PORTER. The 60-year-old actress was promoting her new film by Laurent Cantent’s GOING SOUTH. This movie features a rare examination of sex, lust, and lust set in Haiti of the [...]