Tag: Reviews

2019 MOVIES IN REVIEW – Marilyn Armstrong

We've been catching up with the movies we never got to see in 2019. Many -- maybe most -- of them have been available on Netflix, Hulu, or Prime for a while, but we never got around to viewing them. A few more we got as gifts. So this is what we've seen of this … Continue reading 2019 MOVIES IN REVIEW – Marilyn Armstrong

TALKING ABOUT TV – CONVERSANT ARE WE

CONVERSANT ABOUT TELEVISION? We are not too sophisticated to watch TV. Despite Karl Marx who said "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people," somehow this got translated into "Television is the opiate of the masses." … Continue reading TALKING ABOUT TV – CONVERSANT ARE WE

SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING WONDERFUL AND THE WORLD GETS BETTER

FROM GRETCHEN ARCHER TO ME ON FACEBOOK We all complain about Facebook, don't we? And then, one day, someone says something so incredibly wonderful I feel like hugging it (hard to hug social media, but I can try) and definitely Gretchen. I review her books ... but she reviewed me. Literally, bringing tears to my … Continue reading SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING WONDERFUL AND THE WORLD GETS BETTER

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LASER PRINTERS – GUEST POST BY LAUREN RIEBS

From Lauren Riebs of lauren.riebs@reviews.com comes this excellent review of laser printers. I have always wanted a laser printer. Compared to inkjet, they produce far cleaner text and a single cartridge lasts a very long time. But, laser cartridges are more expensive to buy in the first place, so you need to have sufficient printing to … Continue reading WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LASER PRINTERS – GUEST POST BY LAUREN RIEBS

CRITICS

CRITICIZE | THE DAILY POST I almost never read the "professional" critics these days.  By professional critics, I mean those men and women who are paid to review entertainment: television, movies, and books. Reviews by "the pros" never seem to have anything to do with me. I don't know from what planet these folks are … Continue reading CRITICS

A HARD AND ROCKY ROAD: WHY AUTHORING DOESN’T PAY

I probably will never need to buy another book. I'm a popular reviewer. When I worked at Doubleday, I was extremely popular there, too. Probably because I read the books. So many reviewers don't read the books they review. You can tell when you read their reviews that all they did was skim the first couple of … Continue reading A HARD AND ROCKY ROAD: WHY AUTHORING DOESN’T PAY

AUTHOR’S PICK: MY FAVORITE POSTS OF 2015 *

(*) At least those I can remember! Statistics don't tell the whole story. I've been looking through the stats on my various posts to see what they tell me about the "best" posts of 2015. Statistics reveal which posts got the most hits ... but that's all. It doesn't take into account how the author felt about … Continue reading AUTHOR’S PICK: MY FAVORITE POSTS OF 2015 *

GARRY ARMSTRONG’S FAVORITE MOVIES* – 2014 UPDATE

The title has an asterisk because this is an impossible post. I can't begin to do justice to all the movies I love when limited to ten. However, a dear friend (and fellow movie maven) asked me to compile such a list for a project. I saw my first film at age four in 1946. … Continue reading GARRY ARMSTRONG’S FAVORITE MOVIES* – 2014 UPDATE

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER — SCRIPT? CHARACTERS? PLOT?

Matters of Taste - When was the last time a movie, a book, or a television show left you cold despite all your friends (and/or all the critics) raving about it? What was it that made you go against the critical consensus?You mean ... other people don't make their own decision about how they feel … Continue reading CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER — SCRIPT? CHARACTERS? PLOT?

DESERT ISLAND CLASSICS – Marilyn and Garry Armstrong

An oldie, but a goodie. Garry wrote it, Head In A Vice published and republished it — and now, I’m reblogging it. What goes around comes around, and around.

Head In A Vice

Desert-Island-Classics

Whilst I eagerly await your blogathon entries (7 DAYS LEFT PEOPLE!!) (please feel free to join in, click HERE for details), I wanted to shine some light on my long running Desert Island Films series, and more importantly the people who joined in and made it so much fun to do. I am therefore randomly visiting the archives and re-posting a few of the lists with some added kind words. I present to you; Desert Island Classics…… You may have read all of the lists so far, but I hope you won’t mind seeing a few of them again, and who knows, you may even find some new blogs to read.

Two people that have no interest in horror yet somehow found my blog are Marilyn & Garry Armstrong. It makes me so happy to see them both still visiting my blog and so today I want…

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