Xi’an – 10/21/19
Now with ten million inhabitants, Xi’an lays claim to being the first city ever with one million. Whatever the case, the Silk Road…
Month: October 2019
Beijing – 10/20/19
The Marble Boat at The Summer Palace doesn’t float, but presents quite an appearance. The Summer Palace is four times the size of…
Beijing – 10/19/19
My bucket list always included The Great Wall of China, although, as you can see, The Great Fog of China limits you’re viewing…
Beijing – 10/18/19
They promised us Pandas and Peking duck with Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City in between. After sixteen hours of eating, a panda…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 10/17/19
November, at last. Now, the movies come fast and furious. Which ones will be Oscar-contenders? Which ones will be crowded out? And, away…
Gemini Man — 3.5 Gavels 26% Rotten Tomatoes
Will Smith answers the question whether an assassin can shoot a target traveling on a high speed train. As for me, I never…
Goliath — 4 Gavels 83% Rotten Tomatoes
Billy Bob Thornton is not Goliath; he takes on the Goliaths and their big-city law firms with one DUI lawyer/real estate agent and…
The Addams Family — 3.5 Gavels N/R Rotten Tomatoes
“Their creepy and their kooky, mysterious and spooky” . . . and wacky, in a good way. The Addams Family lives the opposite…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 10/10/19
From young woman to . . . Welcome to next installments of The Crown on Netflix. Season 3 will cover the mid-1960’s into…
Versailles — 3.5 Gavels 66% Rotten Tomatoes
Is Versailles “the best TV show you’ve probably never watched,” as trumpeted in the LA Times? Gorgeous scenery and costumes, barbaric punishment and…