The Wild One (1953) Comment: As noted above, the movie is based on a short story which, in turn, was based on a trumped up account of ...

  View from the West Berlin side of graffiti art on the wall in 1986. The wall's infamous "death strip", on the east side of ...

  Midnight Express (1978) Comment: In 1970 American student Billy Hayes was busted trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey.   Hayes was s...

  Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find "tomorrow" on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterd...

  Midnight Cowboy (1969) Comment: 1969 was a momentous year:   Woodstock, the Moon Walk, Charles Manson, Chappaquidick, Nixon back aga...

  Yesterday I mentioned the iconic image of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue. Here are some items of trivia about Einstein and ap...

  Midnight Sting (1992) Comment: This is a hard movie to find, a cross between Rocky and The Sting .   It may come on cable occasionall...

  “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” -           Albert Einstein (The ...

  Four Lions (2010) C omment: I am surprised that this British black comedy has not attracted wider attention, both in relation to the f...

  The above was sent to me by Byter Leo.  At first I found it funny and no doubt many others will as well. But the more I thought about...

  The Proposition (2005) Comment:   An Australian Western?   Sure, and a good one too.  It probably should more accurately be called a...

  (Click on images to enlarge) Bikie gangs get together for a reconciliation day at Menai, Sydney, in 2009. From left: Finks, Ambassadors, L...

  The following quotation also applies closer to home: “You have all the benefits in this country which individuals in other countries wou...

  Duel (1971) Comment: Still a classic film and one that marked Steven Speilberg’s film directorial debut (he had previously directed ...

  (From Byter Leo): A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking the monkey jumps all aro...

  Midnight Run (1998) Comment: Robert De Niro is an under-appreciated actor.   The man should have a shelf of Oscars..   Midnight Run ...

  I previously posted an item about a barrister, who shall remain nameless, who listed a matter for a few weeks hence and then had to be...

  Something’s Gotta Give (2003) Comment: Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton together in a movie with a witty script and some pertinent obser...

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