Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Stephen King's: Doctor Sleep

!REDRUM Remember little Danny Torrance from "The Shining"? He's back, and all grown up in Stephen King's novel "Doctor Sleep". Picking up just after the boiler exploded in "The Shining", Danny (Doc) and his mom have survived and moved away to Florida where Danny (working with old Dick Hallorann, who had a little bit of the shining himself--if you recall) learns to deal with the ghosts that followed him from the Overlook Hotel.   Now fully grown and following in his father's alcoholic footsteps, Dan Torrance finally finds the road to recovery in a small New Hampshire town where he works as a hospice specialist.  His special...


Binge Watching: Some new titles to enjoy over the Holidays...

Let's go back to the Sixties... "Not Fade Away" is a familiar tale about a musical group that did not make it big...One of James Gandofini's last films, "Not Fade Away" focuses on the changing times, attitudes and events that drove the American suburban lifestyle as Vietnam became dark news, as the Kennedy's and Martin Luther King were gunned Huston without the mask down, and as the American family began to loose its charm. Inspired by the music of Bob Dylan, John Magaro plays Doug, the lead singer and main protagonist in the Huston in his role from Boardwalk Empire story line.  We also enjoyed seeing Jack Huston in a...


Monday, December 30, 2013

Binge Watching: Will Ferrell and Absurdist comedy

If you're like me, my age or older, it might have taken a little while before coming to appreciate "Absurdist" comedy. I was watching when SNL (Saturday Night Live) first came on  the airwaves.  It was radical, new, cutting edge in 1975, and I can't count (or recall) how many Saturday Nights I spent with friends or dates watching and laughing my rear end off till my belly ached. The years rolled by and the crew of The Not Ready For PrimeTime players changed, albeit grudgingly for most viewers of its original cast.  When John Belushi died, no one wanted to accept new comers like Eddie Murphy...At first anyway. Full-on...


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