The first leg of a double-header Movie Night — the second one was the one I had higher expectations for, and it turned out that Tootsie was far superior. The other was Dudley Moore and MaryTyler Moore and a title I don’t even remember;(I looked it up: Six Weeks)
The first movie theater date, in Cincinnati, sometime in September 1982
the Cosmic Christ, since he seemed to be better at being a Christian than a lot of Christians. Know what I mean? Later, when I found the book by Matthew Fox (“The Cosmic Christ”), Gandhi’s life had prepared the way for me to think about the way Christ reveals himself across and in spite of culture.
The West Wing starts up again Sept.25th. Lookin’ forward to it. Now that I’m a Blogger, perhaps I’ll be driven to Blog on things political. Judging Amy, Smallville (my son and wife and I like that one), ER, and NYPD (the last two have been on the decline over the past year, and I’ll keep tabs, hoping they can survive Continue Reading
(no particular order) Ordinary People (1980, best picture oscar) Gandhi (1982, best picture oscar, Kingsley best actor, Atenborough best director, and 4 others) King (a TV miniseries, 1978) Contact (1997) Field of Dreams (1987) Cry Freedom (1987) Rain Man (1988, best picture oscar, Hoffman best actor, Levinson Best Director) Somewhere in Time (1979) Back to the Future (1985) Star Wars Continue Reading
(no order here either, just favorites) MASH (1972-83….I caught on in 1980, AND WENT BACK AND CAUGHT ALL THE RERUNS) Lou Grant (1977-82) Picket Fences (1992- 1996) Paper Chase(1978-80 CBS, 1983-5 Showtime) ThirtySomething (1987-1991) NYPD Blue (1993-) ER (1994-) Saturday Night Live (Akroyd-Belushi-Chase-Radner-Neuman-Morris-Curtin and later Bill Murray, in the begining, mid to late 70’s) and (Carvey, Hartman, Nevin, Lovitz, Jackson, Sweeney, Continue Reading
HDTV Battle Wages On. Digital television isn’t quite here yet, but when it comes, it may be little use to anyone if a new copy protection scheme goes into effect. By Brad King. [Wired News]
I also wanna see “Sum of All Fears”. Remember “The Day After” ?
Dying to see “Minority Report”.. I haven’t heard one bad report yet, from anybody. And 4 stars and 2 thumbs and 10’s and all top marks.