‘RANDOM QUOTES’ – PT48
AARON SORKIN: (1961 – ) [The man who wrote some of the best screenplays in movie and television history – A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson’s War, The West […]
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LONESOME DOVE – A Mini-Series Masterpiece.
LONESOME DOVE (1989) – A Mini-Series masterpiece. Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove in 1971 as a movie script. His intention was for John Wayne to play Woodrow Call, James Stewart to portray Gus McCrae, and Henry Fonda to hold down the Jake Spoon role. Hot director Peter Bogdanovich was to […]
‘LONESOME DOVE’ (1989) – Best ever mini-series.
Robert Duvall & Tommy Lee Jones as Gus & Woodrow There have been a number of very good mini-series on television over the years. Band of Brothers (2001) was one of the better ones, albeit a bit too violent for my taste. Sort of like Saving Private Ryan (1998), quite […]
MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES – PT6
Elsa Martinelli as ‘Dallas’ in Hatari! (1962) Hatari! (1962) is not a great movie but it does have its moments. Well, to be entirely truthful, it has one memorable moment. Being a sucker for beautiful women, I am forever grateful for the bevy of stunning actresses Italy has […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT25.
Jermy Brett in My Fair Lady (1964) and as Audrey Hepburn’s brother in War and Peace (1956) Bill Shirley & Mary Costa as Prince Phillip & Princess Aurora English actor Jeremy Brett was cast as Nicolai, the brother of Audrey Hepburn’s character (Natasha) in War and […]
Actors marrying other actors – Pt 10.
BROLIN, James SMITHERS, Jan 1986 – 95 (div.) STREISAND, Barbra 1998 – James Brolin […]
Feminine allure in the movies – 50 of the best
These days if a man mentions that a woman looks ‘hot’ or ‘desirable’, he runs a very good chance of being labeled a ‘sexist’ by that annoying, nameless bunch that take it upon themselves to decide for the rest of us what is politically correct and what is not. […]
My Top 10 screen beauties.
Of course, everyone’s idea of what constitutes real beauty varies. I guess that is why we have so many pretty girls walking about with tattoos and bolts through their noses; why a large portion of the male population shave their heads or prefer to go unshaven […]