By the time, Piper Laurie accepted the role of Margaret White in Brian DePalma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, she hadn’t appeared in a movie for almost 15 years since her Oscar-nominated performance in The Hustler. She had been doing TV work up until the mid-1960s before she took time off for about a decade.Continue reading “How Piper Laurie Gave Horror Movies One Of Its Greatest Villains”
Category Archives: Op-Ed
This Is Isreal’s War, Not Ours
Let me start by saying, I find it horrible to hear of the attacks by the terrorist organization Hamas against the people of Isreal. I can’t begin to think what the people there are going through of their family elsewhere who have to watch in horror. A young woman I follow on social media wasContinue reading “This Is Isreal’s War, Not Ours”
Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?
Paul Schrader, who wrote the script for Taxi Driver, said after the movie was released in 1976, he was approached by a random stranger who he had never seen before. Somehow this man found out who he was and that he had written the movie. Schrader said the man was hostile wanting to know howContinue reading “Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?”
Please Help The Furbaby Of A Friend Of A Friend
A friend of a friend has a sick furbaby. If you like animals and can help either by donating a few bucks or sharing this link, please do so. Thank you for your help, and being a subscriber and have a very nice day!
Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
After college, I took a job working as a reporter for the Americus Times-Recorder in Americus, Ga. The town was located in southwest Georgia maybe about 10 miles from Plains, where former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, live to this day. It was your typical small town in the south with the fewContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Mr. President!”
Just Another Freak In The Freak Kingdom
Let’s be honest, you can’t be too critical of Donald Trump’s supposed comments about Army Capt. Luis Avila at a 2019 meeting at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Up until about 10-15 years ago, Trump’s comments were echoed by most people. People in wheelchairs and especially burn victims were mainly treated badly by our society.Continue reading “Just Another Freak In The Freak Kingdom”
Please Help My Friend
Earlier this year, I asked you to please help, if you can, my friend, Kat Bellatrix. I’m asking once again for you to please help her as she is suffering from serious health problems and needs open heart surgery as soon as possible. I don’t know how much longer she can put this off. She’sContinue reading “Please Help My Friend”
‘Se7en’ Is A Commentary On Human Cruelty, Apathy And Vengeance
A movie like Se7en, or just Seven as it’s sometimes shown, is quite possibly one of the most profound, unusually disturbing but provocative movies Hollywood has churned out in his history. The fact that it contains a rising heartthrob like Brad Pitt alongside a revered actor like Morgan Freeman and is so dark and unsettlingContinue reading “‘Se7en’ Is A Commentary On Human Cruelty, Apathy And Vengeance”
Rupert Murdoch Isn’t Going Anywhere
There’s a few things that are certain. When Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) says that he’s not stepping down as he’s froze up twice in the last few months, believe him. He’s not leaving the Senate unless it’s feet first. When Sir Michael Caine says he’s thinking of finally retiring, don’t believe him. Caine has beenContinue reading “Rupert Murdoch Isn’t Going Anywhere”
Hypocrisy Is Becoming America’s New Pasttime
Ok, show of hands – who hasn’t watched the news the last few weeks with a certain malaise that you kinda expected all this. Jimmy Fallon, who spent years, making us believe he was a squeaky-clean cornfed white-boy comic may be a drunk who spent the last nine years making The Tonight Show a toxicContinue reading “Hypocrisy Is Becoming America’s New Pasttime”
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