dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, March 29, 3:45 a.m. The original Godzilla movie was recut and dubbed for American audiences, and it is wonderfully creaky, silly fun, with weak, even for the era, special effects, poor lip-synch, and spliced-in scenes of Raymond Burr as an American reporter to make the movie more palatable to…
My reticence to criticize is well-known, but on occasion I feel duty bound to comment. For instance, on the bus yesterday a young woman had her mini-mini skirt half-way to third base coming within a hair (so to speak) of exposing her most private nether regions. This may be “fashion,” but in my day, it…
A lighthearted video produced by the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion which shows two men getting into position for a doubles luge in slow-motion while the Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” plays in the background has generated the ire of some of the league’s top players. “The games have always been a little…
dvd of the week Last year’s best new drama, about two deep cover KGB spies living near Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s, returns for its second season at the end of February. The first season is now on DVD and you have two weeks to binge watch these 13 episodes. Keri Russell’s Elizabeth…
dvr this On Hulu Easily the creepiest thing on network TV, Hannibal is a TV series prequel to Silence of the Lambs with Mads Mikkelsen as the titular character. He’s almost as good as Anthony Hopkins, but Hugh Dancy, as his FBI psychiatrist foil, is also excellent. But the real star of the show is…
For the next issue or two I may comment about my current travels. I’m with my partner in Tokyo at the moment and cold. Our apartment is about 55 degrees with the kerosene heater on and no heat at all in the toilet and separate shower room. Whatever we do, we do it fast. Speaking…
SAN DIEGO, – Music, fun and refreshments will be in-store for prospective singers attending the San Diego Chorus Global Open House Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the chorus’ rehearsal space at the Casa del Prado, Room 207 in Balboa Park. All interested singers who would like to join the chorus or who want…
The New Year is upon us and once again rekindling the hope for world peace, universal justice, the elimination of hunger and for Daisy and Minnie to finally get married or at least laid. Sadly, of all these worthy goals the last one is the most likely. However, the human spirit is eternally optimistic and…
Turner Classic Movies, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 6 Carol Reed’s masterpiece of suspense stars Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in a cat-and-mouse espionage game in post-World War II Vienna. The period dialogue is a bit creaky, but the direction, with stunning cinematography and unnerving pacing, is stunning. You’ll think you’ve seen it before because it’s…
