5 Teen Chick Flicks from the 70’s and 80’s

January 30, 2016 | Posted in CLASSICS, MOVIES | By

Fun Chick Flicks for women over 50-classics from our youth.

Life for those of us in the “Sandwich Generation” can be quite stressful. Between our jobs and volunteering commitments, we are also caring for our children and aging parents. The need to get away and escape from the everyday pressures

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The A-Team: A Camp Classic Transformed into a Summer Cinema Thrill Ride

June 21, 2015 | Posted in ACTION/ADVENTURE, CULT TV | By

The A-Team movie

After over a decade of rumors, failed scripts and other production woes, an A-Team movie finally hit the big screen on June 11, 2010, just in time for the summer movie season to kick into high gear…

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The Judge Is A Movie Not To Miss

June 18, 2015 | Posted in CLASSICS, MOVIES | By

The Judge is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. I know it’s been out for awhile – 2014. I think I remember the trailer. And I might have been interested to see it back then.

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Dare To Drum: Film Premiere and Review from the Dallas International Film Festival

April 22, 2015 | Posted in DOCUMENTARY, LIVE MUSIC, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC | By

Dare to Drum film poster

When Stewart Copeland first formed the Police, “Stewart decided to form a new band fashioned on the vibe and energy of punk music,” according to a blurb from the bio on his official website. Stewart has approached virtually every project since with that same sensibility…

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Television Review The Avengers The Maneater Of Surrey Green

April 8, 2015 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, CULT TV, EPISODE RECAPS, SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, TELEVISION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Maneater is quite different – Drawing on both The Quatermass Experiment and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers as an influence, with a hint of The Day Of The Triffids, this deals with an alien plant form trying to take over Middle-England.

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Movie Review The Angels’ Share

April 6, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, THRILLER | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Robbie also learns of an auction of a rare malt-whisky that could be worth a million pounds, and hits on a plan to steal some for a private collector, using his Community Service chums to help him out.

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Movie Review – Despicable Me

April 6, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

I particularly like how open Gru is with his villainy, treating it as just a job, as he lives in a suburban American community, with his evil castle right in the midst of a row of terraced houses where he chats to the neighbours.

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Movie Review Oktober

April 6, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, BOOKS, CLASSICS, MOVIES | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Eisenstein’s formidable 1926 silent classic heavily stylized reconstruction of the events of the Russian Revolution, as Lenin’s Bolshevik’s seized control of Petrograd (Leningrad). It was inspired by John Reeds’ journalistic, but biased record of the revolution, Ten Days That Shook The World, later filmed by Warren Beatty as Reds.

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TV Review Thunderbirds Are Go

April 5, 2015 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, CULT TV, EPISODE RECAPS, MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION, TELEVISION | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Homages to the Anderson originals were strong; the whole solar panel threat to a city threat was a reprise of Lord Parker’s Holiday, John watching Stingray on TV, etc.

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Song Review – The Big Bopper – Chantilly Lace

April 4, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, RADIO, ROCK, VINYL RECORDS | By

Mystery Writers by Nana B Agyei on Flickr

Jiles Perry Richardson wrote the song himself, and recorded under the name, Big Bopper. It became his biggest, and in most countries, his only hit. He was tragically killed the following year in the same plane crash that took Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly from us. Richardson’s overt sexual call was a sharp, loud contrast to Buddy Holly’s gentle romantic style in songs like True Love Ways.

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