Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on October 12, 2016

The Old Man and the Sea Directed by John Sturges Written by Peter Viertel from the novel by Ernest Hemingway 1958/USA Leland Hayward Productions/Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental The best part was listening to Spencer Tracy’s voice-over of Hemingway’s glorious prose. The story   read more

ScribeHard on Film Posted by Michael Nazarewycz on October 27, 2013

My favorite TV show from the 1980s is MacGyver.  It starred Richard Dean Anderson as something of a government operative who uses intellect – and whatever resources are handy – to get his way into and out of sticky situations.  Part spy and part Boy Scout, MacGyver, at his core, is...   read more