Saturday, March 20, 2021

The Illusionist (2006)

 


Free with Ads on Youtube. I rented this DVD on my birthday when it was a new release. Hollywood Video would give you one free rental on your birthday. That means I was drunk so that is all I remember about the movie. Edward Norton. Paul Giamatti. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illusionist_(2006_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-illusionist-2006

https://film.avclub.com/the-illusionist-1798201997



The magic tag at Observation Deck has a dozen entries. Few more to come on the schedule.

WXYZ Channel 7 [Detroit, MI] - The 4:00 Movie - "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (Promo, 1980)

 


New.

Runaway (1984)

 


Another Free with Ads movie on Youtube. This has turned into more of a rewatch favorite over the years. A solid thriller. Michael Crichton. Tom Selleck. Kirstie Alley. Gene Simmons. John A. Alonzo cinematography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_(1984_American_film)



https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/michael-crichtons-runaway-1984s-other-killer-robot-movie/

Runaway (1984)—“Jack Ramsay” 

TS: Jack Ramsay is not exactly a character whose name is on the tip of everybody’s tongue, but Runaway was a really great popcorn movie that Michael Crichton wrote and directed. It was very futuristic, it had robots and all sorts of stuff, and it was a nice movie. It was a good movie that I’m very proud of. It didn’t do very well, which was a great disappointment to Michael, who became a friend. And Gene Simmons was in it! Gene hadn’t been in a feature film before, but he was great. We had some great talks and good times. He played this evil guy named Luther who’d invented bullets that could go around corners and hone in on people, and he had robot spiders that could attack people and inject them with poison. I know it sounds hokey, but with Michael Crichton at the helm, it was pretty good stuff.

View of waterfront, city and mountains

 


c1900-30. Valdez, Alaska.

https://www.loc.gov/item/99614695/

Saturday Night Dead

 


Dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Dead

Sir William Herschel's forty-foot telescope at slough.

 


1876.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-bd56-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Friday, March 19, 2021

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Cog railroad up the Schneeberg, Lower Austria, Austro-Hungary.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002708389/