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/

Monday, March 8, 2021

Karnak. Colonnade de la salle hypostyle, prise du Sud (Égypte) / Bonfils.

 


1867-99.

Colonnade constructed in hypostyle from the south, Thebes.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004667893/

Street Hawk

 


1985 ABC. Ernie Anderson narration. Tangerine Dream music. One of these I watched had George Clooney in it. 13 episodes.

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

This is Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop, injured in the line of duty. Now a police troubleshooter, he’s been recruited for a top secret government mission to ride Street Hawk — an all-terrain attack motorcycle designed to fight urban crime, capable of incredible speeds up to three hundred miles an hour, and immense firepower. Only one man, federal agent Norman Tuttle, knows Jesse Mach’s true identity. The man...the machine...Street Hawk.