On This Date…
On the 15th of January 2009, Tenderness was released…in Israel. The Australian and New Zealand releases did not come until April; the UK in June, and the United States in December.
Month: January 2017
January 11, 2012 OR 11 January 2012…
We normally don’t cover TV appearances, but we figured this was a little different and worth a shout-out!
Savannah – A Crowe’s Point Movie Adaptation of ‘Laura’
Chapter Seven Bud blinked, then blinked a second time, and shook his head. In place of the off-the-shoulder black gown in her portrait, she was all in white, hiding the golden brown tresses he knew so well, concealing the curves he imagined holding against his own body. But there was something…something… The lack of Read More …
Pride Goeth Before the Fall…The Story of the Nelson Sarcophagus
The title of the post comes from Proverbs 16:18. It is usually shortened as I’ve done, but the actual verse from the King James Version is as follows: ‘Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.’ In a way, it seems appropriate in telling a bit of the story of the sarcophagus Read More …
Gaslight Historic Event – January 9th…
NOTE: Contains some pathological/forensic details some readers might wish to take into consideration. He died at the hands of a sniper on October 21st, 1805. Originally, another vessel involved in the Battle of Trafalgar was given the grim transport assignment. When the crew of the Victory came close to mutinying, it was decided she would Read More …
Prelude – a Crowe’s Point Story (From the days when it was still the Crowe’s Nest)
Although written some time following the original story, this is considered a Prequel to By Way of Introduction, which can be found at https://www.scribd.com/document/28229437/By-Way-of-Introduction-MASTER and takes place in late May of the year 2000 – the month which saw the release of the movie, Gladiator. EPILOGUE The Twenty-Eighth of May 2000 — early evening: Read More …
Oops…Apologies. It was a busy day. Let’s Take a Look at January 4, 2002…
On this date, the Academy Award winning movie A Beautiful Mind, based on Sylvia Nasar’s biography of John Nash, was officially released in the United States. (On December 21st, 2001 there was a limited release in order to qualify for the Oscar nominations). Directed by Ron Howard with an adapted screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, the film Read More …
Do You Hear the People Sing? (Spoiler Alert)
(If you don’t know the story of “Les Miserables,” and you don’t like spoilers, read no further.) “Les Miserables” was my first West End theatre experience more than 22 years ago. Since then, I have seen it on stage five times, and watched and listened to the 10th and the 25th Anniversary Concerts endlessly. Read More …
Trivial Trivia…OR Down the Rabbit Hole We Go…
Sometimes you run across the funniest stuff when you’re perusing the web. And yours truly, as a movie fan, is always on the lookout for those little things which make you go ‘Are you kidding?’ Since the assassination of Commodus was discussed the other day, I was doing a bit more reading on another Read More …