Fast Fish

Last Saturday, June 20th, was not only Father's Day, and the birthday of one of my oldest and closest friends, but also the 35th anniversary of the release of JAWS, otherwise known as the second greatest movie ever made. Of course when JAWS was released in the summer of 1975, my family saw it in …

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The Last in Line?

Jack Harrison, believed to be the last survivor of "The Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in WWII (which according to the msn.com article cannot be confirmed), passed away this past Friday in his native Scotland, at the age of 97 (god bless him!). As a camp gardener, Harrison was on the dirt disposal team, …

Doc, Doc, Goose

I'm a big fan of film documentaries. Whether they're specific to one movie (Hearts of Darkness; the Jaws documentary that originally appeared on the super laserdisc set), one personality (Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures), or a decade's worth of cinema (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls; A Decade Under The Influence). This week, I had the …