Nothing new. Hippies with bandana pups were every ten feet at UCLA.
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50 years of getting paid moneys to write stuff.
Jet Fighter (1957) is lovelyCold War delirium, co-starring Janet Leigh's breasts and the USAF. Worth a look.
The LA Times is out explaining the challenges of English for us heathens again
Think I've seen it enough? I've got a three year old granddaughter in line.
OMG. Coyotes, a pack of real coyotes, have taken over an abandoned apartment house in West Hollywood! And the rent is really reasonable.
Why was i not ever informed of Richard Curtis' "Pirate Radio?" Brilliant -- if your audience is, well, me. Not enough progressive for Jonathan Coe, I bet
How much more fun was the England-France losers game than this yawn fest?
Completely inexplicable: Before this evening I had never seen "Quatermass Xperiment". Except for Donlevy, excellent.
Funniest, maybe, if by number/intensity. Best? No effing way. SLIH!
Seventy five years -- that's three quarters of a century. Makes a boy think.
75 years -- that's three quarters of a century. Makes a boy think.
File under other anomalies; it's about 20 degrees f warmer in London than in L.A at the moment.
You know, the Harryhausen 'Selenite' sequence in First Men in the M is pretty good. Perhaps not a Jason and the Argonauts skeleton duel, but well-detailed.
Don't buy this for the commentary by me, Lowell and Babaloo. It was meant to be a dry run and it's pretty much fanboy bleating. theartsshelf.com/2026/05/16/b...
Billy Wilder's 'Some Like it Hot' Makes UK 4K UHD Debut This May
Billy Wilder's comedy classic 'Some Like it Hot' makes its UK 4K debut in a 3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook on 18th May 2026.
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SUPPORTING ACTOR SUNDAY #supportingactorsunday PETER LORRE (1904-1964) Born László Löwenstein in Hungary, Lorre is not only one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century, but also my daughter Celia Wynn's favorite actor. Enough said. What's your favorite performance by this great actor?🎥
The Canadian geese used to migrate over us on the Pacific flyway. Almost all gone over the last couple of decades. Noisy bastards.
Hegseth is what you get when you read too many issues of Sergeant Rock growing up.
Apparently I've been asleep for the last six months around here.
Think your local adult nonresident daughter won't take the last roll of toilet paper... Damn right she will.