by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) The Great Escape (1963) The Killers (1946) On the Beach (1959) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) I […]
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Maleficent (2014) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Although this isn’t really my kind of movie and I will probably never see it again, I must admit that I enjoyed Maleficent. If its inconsistencies could have been avoided it would be well worth watching; as it is, it’s […]
Continue reading »Shirley Jones: A Memoir (2013)
Shirley Jones: A Memoir 2013, Gallery Books. 291 pages. $27.00 Shirley Jones, with Wendy Leigh. Singer and actress Shirley Jones has written, in collaboration with Wendy Leigh, a candid memoir regarding her life and career. It is, by turns, […]
Continue reading »Ida (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆
This Polish drama from Pawel Pawlikowski is about as far removed from a Hollywood movie as can be produced. It is slowly paced, made with long, static camera shots using only natural light, about a character who rarely talks or […]
Continue reading »The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) ☆ ☆
It’s taken me about a month to get around to seeing this blockbuster action movie because I just couldn’t get excited about it. I liked Sam Raimi’s trilogy with Tobey Maguire and just don’t see the point of “re-imagining” the […]
Continue reading »Ernie: The Autobiography (2008)
Ernie: The Autobiography 2008, Citadel Press. 256 pages, $24.95 Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine recounts the highlights and important episodes in his long career in his new autobiography titled, simply, Ernie. It is an easy read, for Borgnine is a […]
Continue reading »The Dream Factory (2002)
The Dream Factory 2002, Mira Books. 384 pages. $22.95 Janet Leigh Leigh’s final work, published just two years before her death, is another fictional exploration of Hollywood. This time her protagonist is a woman, young Eve Handel (formerly Handelstein), […]
Continue reading »House of Destiny (1995)
House of Destiny 1995, Mira Books. 544 pages (paperback only). $5.99 Janet Leigh Janet Leigh’s first novel covers familiar territory for her: it concerns a resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, who finds his way to Hollywood and gradually rises […]
Continue reading »Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller (1995)
Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller 1995, Harmony Books. 208 pages. $22.00 1995, Pavilion Books (UK). 208 pages. £12.99 Janet Leigh with Christopher Nickens. Having received her only Academy Award nomination for Psycho, which was Alfred Hitchcock’s […]
Continue reading »There Really Was a Hollywood (1984)
There Really Was a Hollywood 1984, Doubleday & Company. 324 pages. $15.95 Janet Leigh Janet Leigh’s autobiography mainly covers her first sixteen years in Tinseltown, 1947 – 1962. The early part of her life is also discussed, somewhat uncomfortably, […]
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