Tremors (released 1990) ”Tremors” is an American film that is a little hard to categorize. It´s a horror and comedy film at the same time. It is directed Ron Underwood and written by Brent Maddock, S. Wilson and Ron Underwood. It stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire and it…
Net Neutrality I2Q March 2015 editorial – (PART 1) Lately, blogs and the Corporate Media having been talking about something called ”Net Neutrality”. Some are in favor of what´s called “Net Neutrality” while others are lobbying lawmakers against it. Some say, the rights of everyone´s access to the internet is at stake while others say…
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly released 1966 “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” is a classic Italian film in the western genre that takes place during the American Civil War. It was directed by Sergio Leone and produced by Alberto Grimaldi. The music was written by Ennio Morricone and boasts one of…
The Magnificent Seven released in 1960 “The Magnificent Seven” is an American western film classic produced and directed by John Sturges. It was written by William Roberts, Walter Newman and Walter Bernstein. It is a remake of the Japanese classic film “The Seven Samuria” by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni (released in 1954)….
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…