High Noon released in 1952 ”High Noon” is an American Western film in black and white and released in 1952. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced by Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman. The story was written by John W. Cunningham and the screenplay was written by Carl Foreman. It was inspired by a…
”Where´s The Posse?” I2Q February 2015 editorial Cowboy films or spaghetti westerns have become scarce in the past few years. Of course there are the classics from decades past with larger than life actors like Yul Brenner, Gary Cooper and Clint Eastwood among others. But what about today? I have three classics in mind from…
MOBY DICK written by Herman Melville “Moby Dick – The Whale” is a novel published in 1851 and written by Herman Melville. One publication had the original title of “From The Whale”. This was later changed to “Moby Dick”. This is a classic work of romanticism from the American Renaissance which began circa mid 19th…
Marked Written by Alex Hughes ”Marked” is a sci-fi, detective book written by Alex Hughes. It is book 4 of the Mindscape Series with “Clean”, “Sharp” and “Payoff” being the previous three installments. It´s is the adventues of the telepathic detective named Adam Ward as he investigates crimes while navigating the politics of two worlds,…
Super Size Me released in 2004 “Supersize Me” is an independent, American documentary film produced, directed, staring and written by Morgan Spurlock. It stars Morgan Spurlock and Alexandra Jamieson. It was edited by Julie “Bob” Lombardi and was created with a very low budget. This is a significant achievement because of the costs of making…
Ride The Whirlwind released 1966 “Ride The Whirlwind” is an American western directed by Monte Hellman and stars Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Harry Dean Statton, Tom Filer, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, John Hackett Rupert Crosse and Cameron Mitchell. It was produced by Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman, John Herman Shaner and Monte Hellman. The music was…
Happy New Year! I hope everybody had a happy New Year. That means also getting all the traveling you intended done, fulfilling the New Year´s resolutions of 2014 and basically having a good 2014. New Year´s 2015 at Times Square was the usual drunken chaos and I hope none of my readers got arrested or…
Nightcrawler Released 2014 ”Nightcrawler” is an American, thriller film with a story seen through the eyes of an off-putting, sinister main character. It was produced by Jennifer Fox, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tony Gilroy, David Lancaster and Michel Litvak. It was written and directed by Dan Gilroy. With a talented cast of which includes Rene Russo, Jake…
Interstellar released 2014 ”Interstellar” is an American science fiction, drama directed by Christopher Nolan and produced by Christopher Nolan, Lynda Obst and Emma Thomas. It was written by both Jonathan and Christopher Nolan and the music is by Hans Zimmer. (Keep in mind that this is the same Christopher Nolan that brought us “Inception”, “The…
Predestination released 2014 ”Predestination” is an Australian, mystery, sci-fi, drama based on the Robert Heinlein short story called “All You Zombies”. It was directed by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig and produced by Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. It was written and the music composed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. The…