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Category Archives: War
We’ll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg
The full title is actually We’ll Always Have Casablanca – The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie and it has more interesting trivia about this amazingly enduring movie which seemingly took on a life of its own … Continue reading
Eye in the Sky (2015), a movie review
Eye in the Sky is an amazing movie on many levels. Starring Helen Mirren as a British colonel leading an international team of anti-terrorist squads, the colonel faces a number of unknown quantities in pursuit of their mission: to hunt down and … Continue reading
Posted in Actress, Drama, Movie, Opinion, Spy, Spy Thriller, War
Tagged collateral damage, drone warfare, Helen Mirren, moral issues, terrorism
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Downton Abbey, a Time Inc Special
By now you are probably aware that I’m a fan of these Life, Time Inc. book/magazines that feature everything from history, to style, and, in this case, culture. The immensely popular British TV series, Downton Abbey, is in its sixth and … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Actress, Art Deco, Drama, History, Made for TV, Opinion, Romance, TV series, War
Tagged Allen Leech, Art Deco, Clive Booth, Downton Abbey, flappers, jazz, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan, suffragettes, The Titanic, WWI
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The Dovekeepers, a TV miniseries review
Aired on CBS the 3rd and 4th of this past January, The Dovekeepers miniseries is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman and tells the story of the demise of the zealots who held the clifftop fortress of Masada, … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Actress, Adult Book, Author, Drama, Historical Fiction, Opinion, War
Tagged Alice Hoffman, archaeology, Cote de Pablo, Diego Boneta, Masada, Mido Hamada, Rachel Brosnahan, Sam Neill
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The Lasting Allure of Ancient Troy
It is safe to say that the legend of Troy and the Spartan queen whose face launched a thousand ships has captured the imagination of readers for thousands of years. The story from Homer’s Iliad fired the dreams of young Heinrich … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Book, Author, Drama, Historical Fiction, History, Movie, Opinion, Poetry, Tragedy, War
Tagged Brad Pitt, David Gibbins, Eric Bana, Helen of Troy, Homer, Margaret George, Orlando Bloom, Steven Pressfield, the History Channel, The Iliad, The Mask of Troy, Troy, Wolfgang Petersen
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Master and Commander, a classic movie review
When you’ve watched this movie as many times as I have, you have to start referring to it as a classic. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) may not have won Oscars for the stars (Russell … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Drama, Movie, Opinion, War
Tagged Best Cinematography 2004, Max Pirkus, Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe
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Robin Hood, a movie review
This Russell Crowe/Cate Blanchett 2010 Robin Hood is yet another story behind the untold legend but it is an exciting tale, well-enacted, and deserves to be right up there with the best-known classics: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1922 – silent movie), … Continue reading
Posted in Actor, Actress, Drama, Movie, Opinion, War
Tagged Cate Blanchett, Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner, King John, King Richard, Magna Carta, Richard Greene, Russell Crowe, Sean Connery
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The Water Diviner, a movie review
When I saw this movie poster at Rainbow Theatre (our pay-next-to-nothing-to-see-the-movie-when-it’s-finished-at-the-regular-theatres movie theatre), I didn’t remember hearing about it before and was intrigued, so I came back on even-cheaper day (Tuesday) to watch it. As it began, I did remember … Continue reading
Potpourri 15
I’m afraid most of my energy this week has gone into fixing up my house. I’ve been taking out baseboards, taking things off the wall, filling holes and sanding, buying new blinds, and gathering all the tools to paint some … Continue reading
