In life, everyone encounters personal and professional problems. I was in my late teens and as much enthusiasm that I had in life and wanting to make the best of it, my life hit a speed bump after the death of my grandmother. Needless to Read More …
Today I am once again watching my favorite Whit Stillman film, “Metropolitan”. The film is enjoyable, hilarious and intellectually stimulating! So, many like-minded people love this film so much that we can’t help but share our favorite moments and many quotes on the Facebook group Read More …
(Originally Reviewed back in October 17, 2009) The New Yorker magazine has always been a source for well-written articles for over 80 years and but also, the publication has also been a great source to find the latest cartoons on various situations happening in American Read More …
(Originally Reviewed on October 9, 2012) I was one of those young kids who grew up with MTV. I can easily remember those days of watching Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video during the premiere, multiple times throughout the day. I can easily remember watching Duran Read More …
(Originally reviewed on October 8, 2012) Are you a photographer who has looked at an issue of Newsweek, Time Magazine, GQ, Vogue and other major publications and wondered, how did this photographer capture this moment? Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith has been a Read More …
(Originally Reviewed on July 27, 2009) I often have discussion with many of my friends (men) who are in relationships or are married in regards to situations they have had with their wives or girlfriends and needless to say, our conversations tend to start with Read More …
As I finished reading Melina Bellows USA Today article and Sally Quinn’s article for the Washington Post on filmmaker, writer, essayist, mother Nora Ephron, many of her friends have written about how they never knew Nora was suffering from acute myeloid leukemia. Having read her Read More …
“The Auteur Theory” and the role of film critics during the ’60s was probably one of the most memorable times for those following cinema. When film critics all over the world looked at cinema beyond just being a movie one would just enjoy at the Read More …
I watch and review a lot of films each year and each time I sit down and watch a Monogram Pictures film, I get a little excited and that is because I’m a big fan of B-films made from the 1930’s-1940’s. More specifically, I’m a Read More …
For anyone looking for a non-verbose or thick travel guide, the Lonely Planet “Make My Dag” travel booklets are the way to go. A thin booklet, the “Make My Day” booklets allow one to flip between three sections: Morning, Afternoon, Evening So, if in San Read More …
NOTE: This review was originally published back in 2012 A few years ago, I became very interested in Strobist techniques, primarily the use of off camera flash, the importance of lighting and learning on various positioning, the equipment used by other photographers and trying to Read More …
As a cinema fan of films created in the Weimar Republic, I was interested in learning about the renown poet Bertolt Brecht and the avant-garde composer Kurt Weill. I was very interested in the book as it delved into the relationship between Elisabeth Hauptmann, a Read More …
William “Wild Bill” Wellman, the award-winning filmmaker who has directed fantastic films four four decades starting in the silent era such as the 1927 film “Wings”, hit films in the ’30s such as “The Public Enemy”, “Nothing Sacred”, “Beau Geste”, “A Star is Born”. Continued Read More …
(Originally reviewed back in February 6, 2010) Jackie Mason once said about journalist and TV producer Aliza Davidovit, “Aliza has the brains of Henry Kissinger and the body of Marilyn Monroe”. And that is possibly an understatement as Aliza Davidovit can be seen on television Read More …
I remember as a grommet and my idols were Tom Curren and I liked the style of Martin Potter but there was a guy, my age who was really kicking butt in surfing in the amateurs, named Kelly Slater. I remember during a surf comp Read More …
(Originally Reviewed back in January 8, 2010) Who hasn’t watched “Antiques Roadshow”? Each time you change the channel and there’s nothing on, when you end up on PBS and “Antiques Roadshow” is on air, you can’t help but watch the show and see the various Read More …
(Originally Reviewed back on January 6, 2011) Are you a watch fanatic (or the term which many tend to use now these days – WIS – Watch Idiot Savant)? Are you into vintage wristwatches? What best than to learn from Reyne Haines, an appraiser, dealer Read More …