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 …