Below are images from the 2010 action thriller, "SALT". Directed by Phillip Noyce, the movie starred Angelina Jolie: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images of the Halloween celebration at the Disneyland Resort during the past decade: ( Read more...Collapse )

"THE BUTLER" (2013) Review

When I first saw the trailer for "THE BUTLER", I resisted the urge to see it. I have nothing against films about the African-American experience. I could not wait to see Quentin Tarantino's pre-Civil War opus, "DJANGO UNCHAINED". But there was something about the trailer for "THE BUTLER" that turned me off. It had that dignified, pretentious aura that marred "THE KING'S SPEECH" and "NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK II" for me. I was determined to avoid it. But thanks to my family, I could not avoid it in the end. ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from Season Two of the WGN series, "MANHATTAN". Created by Sam Shaw, the series starred John Benjamin Hickey: ( Read more...Collapse )

TIME MACHINE: COMPROMISE OF 1850

One hundred and seventy years ago marked the passage of the controversial document, the Compromise of 1850. The document was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850. These bills were used to defuse a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired after the Mexican–American War. ( Read more...Collapse )

"3 DAYS TO KILL" (2014) Review

Although I have seen Kevin Costner appear in movies recently, they have mainly been in supporting roles. So image my surprise, seven years ago, when I had discovered that he had a leading role in a film that recently hit the movie theaters. I heard a good deal of negative press about it, but due to sheer boredom, I decided to go see it, anyway. ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from "LIVE AND LET DIE", the 1973 adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1954 novel. Directed by Guy Hamilton, the movie marked Roger Moore's first appearance as James Bond: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Four of the CW series, "ARROW". Created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg; the series starred Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen aka the Arrow: ( Read more...Collapse )

"GIRLS ABOUT TOWN" (1931) Review

When he first arrived in Hollywood in 1929, New York stage director George Cukor served as a dialogue coach at Paramount Pictures and occasionally, at other studios like Universal. Then in 1930, he co-directed three movies, two of them with Cyril Gardner. He had to wait a year later to serve as sole director for his first two movies. One of them turned out to be the 1931 comedy called "GIRLS ABOUT TOWN". ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from "TITANIC", the 1953 movie version of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic. Directed by Jean Negulesco, the movie starred Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, and Robert Wagner: ( Read more...Collapse )