In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a Blade Runner, a cop who specializes in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter […]
Archives for April 2020
My Three Sons: The Series
When one thinks of cutting edge television, My Three Sons does not immediately leap to mind, but this beloved Boomer-era staple. It ran for 12 seasons, which, for a family sitcom, is second in longevity only to The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet and broke the nuclear family mold. Fred MacMurray’s Steve Douglas was a […]
Marnie
Marnie is an in-depth character study of a truly unhappy woman (Tippi Hedren) and the pathological man (Sean Connery) who loves her. In some ways, this one is every bit as riveting and fascinating and anything Hitchcock ever did. For example, when Marnie enters the Rutland mansion in her riding habit wielding a pistol after […]