Category Archives: showbusiness

What the Blazing Heck!?

Posted on October 26, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles Do you remember this one? If you want to understand what’s going on in the new Wild West of America, take a look back at Mel Brooks’ masterpiece. In 2008, the American people hired a new sheriff: … Continue reading →

Posted in history, paranoia, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Perfect Woman?

Posted on October 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

According to the Daily Mail According to Me: Sarah Shahi

Posted in showbusiness | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

His Story Through Her Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Jamestown I caught the first episode of this British series on PBS last night. It seems to be a reasonable facsimile of what life in the 1700’s would have been like in Virginia. (Interestingly, it was almost totally filmed in … Continue reading →

Posted in history, reviews, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Digital Version of Heaven?

Posted on October 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

The Good Place My daughter, Rosanna, suggested that I take a look at this television series. (Each episode is called a “chapter”: the show has 31 chapters, so far.) I’ll have to admit, I’m not a fan. True, I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in reviews, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

On Location with “Anne with an E”

Posted on October 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Green Gables (but not as we remember it) These days, if you want to portray a part of Canada in the 1890’s, you need to film in Ontario. It turns out that some of the country in and around Millbrook, … Continue reading →

Posted in showbusiness | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A (New) Star is Born

Posted on October 13, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Lady Gaga could win an Oscar Bradley Cooper is a very smart man. Most directors would be wary of yet another remake of this story. In fact, after Barbra Streisand’s last joke of film, the idea should have been dead … Continue reading →

Posted in reviews, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The Battle of the Sexes

Posted on September 23, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Men versus Women For as long as there have been two sexes, men have assumed their superiority. I’m not sure why they would think that, but I guess it is based on “might means right”. It seems a long time … Continue reading →

Posted in history, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Breaking the Law: Our Spies

Posted on September 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

James Bond The concept of a secret agent having a “licence to kill” was not created out of thin air by Ian Fleming after WWII. And 007 was not the first either. (There were obviously six other agents before him.) … Continue reading →

Posted in paranoia, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Michael Moore’s Prediction

Posted on September 18, 2018 by cdsmiller17

  Canadian Bacon (1995) Thousands of former employees are outraged with military businessman R.J. Hacker (G. D. Spradlin), who had closed down his weapons manufacturing plant, Hacker Dynamics. At a conference held at the former plant, he pins the blame … Continue reading →

Posted in history, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Seasons as Time Passages

Posted on September 3, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Doctor Zhivago I’m almost finished reading this classic 20th Century novel. The overall impression I have is the use of the changing seasons to show the passage of time. The movie by David Lean more or less followed the same … Continue reading →

Posted in reviews, showbusiness | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment