Barry Bowe's Blog, page 54
November 21, 2020
Absolute Power
Absolute Power is a great movie. Absolute Power To quote my former NAPS classmate Far Arrington – “ABSOLUTE POWER is great.” Finally got to watch Absolute Power yesterday – all the way through – uninterrupted – in fact, watched it twice. IMDB describes the movie like so: “Career thief Luther Whitney (Cint Eastwood) witnesses a […]
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November 19, 2020
Absolute Power Trivia
The art student and Red the bartender. Absolute Power Trivia Fell asleep last night watching The Horse Whisperer – remember liking it when it came out in 1998 – but from what I saw before dozing off – can’t figure out why. Musta been Redford – sure wasn’t Kristin Scott Thomas or the young Scarlett […]
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November 18, 2020
6,000 Kilos
Feds seize 30 tons of cocaine – value $1 billion – at Port of Philadelphia. 6,000 Kilos On their first date – the main male & female characters in my work-in-progress – 6,000 Kilos – go to the Phillies game on opening day of the 2019 baseball season. So I punched up the opening sequence […]
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November 17, 2020
Crimson Tide
Duh? The sub is the Alabama. Crimson Tide Woke up to Crimson Tide this morning – musta seen that movie more than a dozen times – just now figured out why it was called Crimson Tide. Fine movie – Denzel Washington & Gene Hackman in starring roles. With George Dzunda – loved him as Dummy […]
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November 16, 2020
Call Me
The answer to yesterday’s “Who Am I?” is David Strathairn. Call Me Like I said yesterday – woke up to a young Steve Buscemi on the big screen. Recognized him easy – but not the movie. But I liked it so I kept watching. Then this guy pops up in a few scenes – so […]
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November 15, 2020
Who Am I?
I recognize Steve Buscemi but not this other guy. Who Am I? So I wake up at 3:30 this morning to a young Steve Buscemi on the big screen I recognize him easy – but not the movie. I like it & keep watching. Then this guy pops up in a few scenes – so […]
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November 14, 2020
Cartels
Interesting concept and nifty plot twists Cartels The movie Cartels just came on. Ssince I’m writing a book about drug-trafficking, figured I’d give it a look. But damn – this guy gained more weight than I did. Stephen Seagal is the star – 58 acting credits – I saw him in Above the Law (1988) […]
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November 12, 2020
Desperate Hours
Dark film emphasizes cynical attitudes and sexual motivations Desperate Hours Woke up in the middle of a movie at 4:14 this morning – plot extremely strange & convoluted – hard to follow – guess I missed too much in the beginning – and left before the end. Easy to ID 38-year-old Mickey Rourke – before […]
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November 11, 2020
Code Red
“You can’t handle the truth.” Code Red IMDB describes A Few Good Men like so: “Military lawyer Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting on orders.” That sure is an underwhelming description of a powerful movie. I saw A Few Good Men for the first time on a flight from […]
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November 10, 2020
Wild Card
Sofia Vergara is a great way to start a movie. Wild Card IMDB describes 2015’s Wild Card like so: When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play…and it’s all or nothing. I never woulda watched Wild Card – BUT. But […]
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