Category Archives: Film & TV
Review: Sling TV—the future of television, with some of its annoying bugs
On Black Friday, I finally got myself an Apple TV. I’ve got to admit, it was long one of my most-desired items and frankly the only Apple gadget we didn’t have in our household (well, I still don’t have Airpods, … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, Sci & Tech
Tagged Apple, Apple TV, AT&T, customer service, DirecTV Now, Dish, live TV, Playstation Vue, Sling TV, Sony, streaming TV, television
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“I don’t act to live—I live to act.” Eli Wallach 1915-2014
They say it’s not a tragedy when an old person dies. That is only partly true. Because when the world loses an artist with immense talent, it’s still tragic when they pass, no matter how old they are. Eli Wallach … Continue reading
Yippee-ki-yay, my friend—how censorship ruins the movie experience
Imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid in Total Recall saying “baloney”. Imagine Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas saying “go foul your mother”. Or, imagine Alan Arkin as Senator Hawkins in Rendition saying “muddy things up”. And when worst … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, US
Tagged American TV, cable TV, censoring, censorship, FCC, free-to-air
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Food, drugs, and advertising
I am quite positively surprised at the quality of the commercials I see on TV here in the U.S. I mean… after seeing some really proper crap for the past five years in the UK that don’t even deserve to … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, Food, Personal, US
Tagged commercials, drugs, food, ingredients, medicine, pharmaceuticals, preservatives, side effects, TV
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The French revolution was a crime against humanity, and heroising it is just stupid
Adlai Stevenson once said, “The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.” Had the French authorities done that, the future generations would have been spared from at least a novel, a musical and a musical … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, History
Tagged communism, communists, coup d'état, crime, crime against humanity, French revolution, Les Misérables, murder, Victor Hugo
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Larry Hagman 1931-2012
Even though people think of JR as a villain, for me he’ll always be a hero. And Larry Hagman will always be the hero who gave the world JR. Rest in peace, old friend.
“Just one more thing…”
Hollywood lost someone so valuable yesterday that there just isn’t anyone, anyone to fill the void. It will remain there forever. I hope he’ll meet up with his best friend Patrick McGoohan again. .ברוך דין האמת
