One of my favorite comic fantasies. Bill Murray was in top form as the self-absorbed weatherman and Andie MacDowell perfect as his unobtainable producer. Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin get six stars for their screenplay and Ramis six for direction as well.
Tour de Force fantasy if you can swallow the multiple bizarre premises. Within the world of its own creation, it’s amazing, but without a strong willing-suspension-of-disbelief it would be lucky to get three stars from most folks.
Randy uses Western Insurance money to fly to Los Angeles during his investigation. Was the time and money for the flight to interrogate Simon’s mother necessary in an age of Skype and every other type of electronic communication? Discuss how face-time matches up to phone-time. What are the advantages of…
Randy lies when he thinks it will keep the situation off balance and allow him to gauge people’s reactions. He finds this fibbing useful for solving cases, but is he letting the “ends justify the means”? Is “truthfulness” an absolute? When is a white lie white? When is it gray?…
Entertaining franchise opener. Enjoyed the orcs having factions and personalities. The complexity of the worlds, cities, and races didn’t overwhelm the story.
Once again, I watched Dave and enjoyed every minute. Few movies bear repeated viewing, but Dave is one of them. Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver got it just right and brought a fun script to life. I will post six stars in the future for movies that deliver their magic…
Randy lets Sally help in his insurance investigation business by doing data entry work and he pays her. If you had a business and kids old enough to help in it, would you let them? Would you pay them or treat it as a necessary chore? Randy also insists Sally…
Randy and Arnie have different ideas about dating. Do you think they’re both honorable? Why? Or why not? If you are, or could imagine yourself to be a dating single parent, what are a couple of ideas about balancing interactions between dates and family that you would try to follow.…
Book – *** The Chamber (1994) – Slow exploration of Sam Cayhall, a Klu Klux Clan murderer facing the gas chamber. His estranged grandson, Adam Hill, fights his impending death sentence for two murders he did not commit. Too much of a treatise against the death penalty, while leaving interesting…
Book – ***+ Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) – This Zane Grey book celebrates nature and horsemanship while expressing his negative view of Mormon settlers. His protagonist, Jane Withersteen, resists the takeover of her ranch by the Mormons of Cottonwoods, employing Venters and the gunman, Lassiter, to keep her…