Archive for the 'Movies' Category


The Hollywood Letter

“Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros. – The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warner-bros-deal.html You can’t stop progress… Or why does Hollywood continue to fight the last war? Do I like Bari Weiss in control […]

The Billy Preston Documentary-This Week’s Podcast

The three main principals involved in the film, director Paris Barclay and producers Stephanie Allain and Jeanne Elfant Festa, opine about their careers and testify as to the making of the movie. All three are major hitters. Barclay is one of the most in-demand television directors, having worked on “ER,” “The West Wing,” “The Watcher” […]

The Redd Kross Movie

https://www.reddkrossfilm.com This is strangely interesting. I only checked it out because Steve Poltz recommended it, and I trust him implicitly. But to be honest, I’m not a big Redd Kross fan. Actually, I’m not a fan at all. Oh, I’m aware of the band, but I couldn’t pick their music out of a playlist. They […]

The Oscars

The movies lost touch with the populace two decades or so ago. One can point to “‘The Sopranos” as the true beginning of the end. This series was better than any film in the theatre, and in addition it had many episodes a season and had many seasons. This is what fans are truly looking […]