Category Archives: Movies / TV

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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INCEPTION / movie

July 22, 2010 – 8:03 pm

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 […]

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Charlte Rampling – NIGHT PORTER

July 2, 2010 – 8:41 pm

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

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I Love Bonnie

May 30, 2010 – 3:03 am
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