Happy New Year! (Belatedly To Be Sure…) OK, this may be a bit overdue, but I wanted to share a unique aspect of Portugal that my wife Alex and I discovered when we were there for New Years – “fado”… Read More ›
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The Case For Warren Zevon…His Complicated Life And Brilliant Music…
First, please click on Clive’s terrific look above at three of the late Warren Zevon’s greatest songs….the videos are in his story, which looks at how misguided the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame is for not including him… Zevon was a… Read More ›
Living “Under The Tuscan Sun!”
Living “Under The Tuscan Sun!” I will be sharing more soon but my wife and I stayed in the Tuscan house used to film the great movie with Diane Lane! this is the view of the road made famous in… Read More ›
Exploring Gritty 70’s Cinema With “Straight Time!” Dustin Hoffman Fires Himself!
Dustin Hoffman Gets Gritty! You may know Dustin Hoffman for a lot of great movie roles, but I bet you don’t know him as a hardened ex-con trying to do his “Straight Time!” My year-long dive into 70’s cinema has… Read More ›
Did “Flash Gordon” Lead To “Star Wars?” Celebrating Sam Jones – The Original “Han Solo”!
“Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!” Cult movie fans know that Sam Jones WAS “Flash Gordon!’ But did you know this: those are the words that led to “Star Wars!” There, do I… Read More ›
“The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” Celebrating 70’s Disaster Films And Action Classics From Cinema’s Greatest Decade!
“The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” And she was fresking out while doing so! Yes, the late Actress Karen Black was in the cockpit as those words were uttered! It’s just one reason I love 70’s films, and a great… Read More ›
Happy 93rd Birthday Clint Eastwood! His Triple Play Of Classic Films – In One Year!
Celebrating Clint Eastwood – And One Incredible Year For Film! Happy 93rd birthday to one of Hollywood’s most iconic people – Actor / Director Clint Eastwood! Clint has, over his career, had many incredible films – beginning with his “man… Read More ›
Do You “Tuk Tuk”? Our Lisbon “Tuk Tuk” Tour – With A Wildly Dangerous Start!
Who Wants A Private Lisboa “Tuk Tuk” Tour? Gorgeous architecture, right? Lisbon is filled with unique architecture and castles too! But Lisbon is a city of hills, so walking to all of these unique sites can be exhausting…enter the “Tuk… Read More ›
The Moon Landing Was Faked! The 70’s Thriller “Capricorn One” Blasts Off For An Outer Space MARS Conspiracy!
“There was one event of really enormous importance that had almost no witnesses. And the only verification we have . . . came from a TV camera”. Writer-Director Peter Hyams has a point: what if the Apollo 11 moon landing… Read More ›
Would You Drive China’s Incredible “Wall-Mounted” Highway? Is This The World’s Wildest Drive?
Talk About Hugging The Road! Would you drive this highway? I think I know the answer! It’s called the Chongqing Lanying Grand Canyon Wall Highway – and it’s in China! Yes, this highway was literally cut out of the side… Read More ›