Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ and the Forgotten

I really can’t express the disappointment I felt when watching Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’. There was so much anticipation for the film.  After seeing Lincoln, I walked out of the theater thinking ‘ Great acting by Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and James Spader but what a missed opportunity and sadly revisionist history.Continue reading “Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ and the Forgotten”

‘Hitchcock’ A Homage to Psycho

There seems to be an obsession these days with films about the master of suspense, film director, Alfred Hitchcock. HBO has one, now there is the feature ‘Hitchcock’ starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. ‘Hitchcock’ reveals the psyche of the man during the shooting of the mother of all horror movies  ‘Psycho’. ‘Hitchcock’ has elementsContinue reading “‘Hitchcock’ A Homage to Psycho”

Fahrenheit 451 Eerily Echoes Our Lives Today

It’s not surprising that I learned Ray Bradbury the author of Fahrenheit 451 was an avid film lover as well as one of the preeminent science fiction authors. Just look at Fahrenheit 451 and you get the feeling the film was based on the writing of someone who is not only eerily psychic but whoContinue reading “Fahrenheit 451 Eerily Echoes Our Lives Today”