Barry Bowe's Blog, page 69
January 26, 2020
Little Things
To me, in writing, little things mean a lot. Thanks to Jen Latissa for inadvertently pointing out this little thing. She came over Tuesday morning. Always stops at Dunkin Donuts on the way to get coffee and doughnuts. This time, those swirly glazed coffee rolls with chocolate icing. Umm-umm, good. We socialize a little & […]
January 25, 2020
Hannibal Lecter
HANNIBAL LECTER is Number One on my list of six favorite Movie Villains. Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a respected Baltimore forensic psychiatrist who morphs into a cannibalistic serial killer. A fictional character created by Thomas Harris in the 1981 thriller novel RED DRAGON; Lecter elevated to legendary status when Anthony Hopkins portrayed him in the […]
January 24, 2020
Laura Linney
Donato Dan Congialdi & Steve Weindel hyped me about OZARK yesterday. Decided to check it out today. The opening sequence hooked me. Go a little farther. Hmm. Jason Bateman. I like him. Go a little further. Wait a minute. Is that Frasier’s girlfriend Charlotte? Or Richard Gere’s girlfriend Janet Venable in Primal Fear? Both. Laura […]
January 23, 2020
The Blacklist
New FBI profiler Elizabeth Keen has her entire life uprooted when mysterious criminal Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. Another one of my favorite TV crime shows. Another one of my favorite TV crime shows. It stars James Spader, Megan Boone, & Diego […]
Breaking Bad
When a high school chemistry teacher is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, he turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family’s future. When his wife unexpectedly gets pregnant, more shit hits the fan. BREAKING BAD is one of my favorite TV crime shows. It stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, & Anna […]
The Dead Stripper
COMING SOON The Dead Stripper is a contemporary murder mystery / love story set in Philadelphia and its suburbs. Like Jessica Fletcher in MURDER, SHE WROTE, Steve Piasecki is thrust into the role of amateur detective. To solve the crimes he encounters, he uses moxie, charisma, and dogged determination. An aspiring author awaiting his first […]
January 22, 2020
Better Call Saul
The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the time before he established his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My favorite TV crime series – Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seahorn, & Jonathan Banks star in the series. With plenty of help from Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Michael McKean, & Giancarlo Esposito. I […]
January 21, 2020
Geno’s Steaks
THE UBER DRIVER’S APPROACHING Geno’s Steaks at the intersection of Ninth and Passyunk in South Philadelphia when his cellphone rings. It’s 11:22 on a cool spring night. A Wednesday night. The phone is mounted in the middle of the dashboard. He looks at the caller ID and sees MY FRIEND. Taps the phone to answer […]
January 1, 2020
Friends or Prostitutes?
That’s the Question I go to bed with a movie every night. Movies are my friends. I put one on when it’s time to go to bed & watch it until I fall asleep. Then I wake up when it’s ends & start over. In fact, I start the same movie over 3 or 4 […]
