Category Archives: Movies / TV

CENTURION / 2010

August 12, 2010 – 6:59 pm

Latin was a required language for the top classes of Xaverian Brothers High SChool during the 60s. The first ancient words learned by freshmen were ‘amo, amas, amat’ and ‘agricola’.The former was the verb to love and the latter meant farmer which was one of the few male nouns with a female ending. My teacher [...]

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James Bond Aston Martin Cool

August 7, 2010 – 4:52 pm

click to enlarge photo thanks to www.pixdaus.com

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REQUIEM FOR DETROIT

August 7, 2010 – 9:37 am

Detroit symbolized US industrial power for much of the 20th Century. Cars, cars, cars. Something went terribly wrong with this powerhouse city. The automobile industry imploded by building crappy cars and SUV. Crack supplanted the production line as the leading employer of black youth. Billions were wasted on revival efforts dominated by skyscrapers and sports [...]

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THE APARTMENT by Billy Wilder

August 5, 2010 – 11:09 pm

Billy Wilder has directed several of my favorite films; SUNSET BOULEVARD and SOME LIKE IT HOT, however my favorite remains THE APARTMENT 1960 with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and co-starring Fred McMurray as the caddish executive. I hated him for mistreating Shirley MacLaine’s character, Fran, that I never watched his TV show MY THREE [...]

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BULLITT – 1968

August 4, 2010 – 7:56 am

Last night I returned from dinner. AP was in the TV room. His children were asleep. I poked my head into the room to say hello. AP motioned for me to sit down. “BULLITT. It just started.” I needed no further encouragement. Steve McQueen. No one cooler. I joined AP on the couch. Feet up [...]

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