IN TWEET: IF YOU THINK AN “IN AND OUT” MILITARY STRIKE IS POSSIBLE IN SYRIA, I HAVE A BRIDGE IN BROOKLYN FOR SALE REAL CHEAP. WANNA BUY IT? When I hear terms like “surgical strike” applied to the utter shit-storm that is Syria , I cringe. Aside from the fact that the United States doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to speedy exit strategies, the complexity of what’s going on in Syria makes Iraq and Afghanistan look like the PONG of war zones by comparison. My foreign policy strategy with regard to Syria is this: STAY OUT. I fully agree that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an evil butcher who cares about one thing: maintaining power. He doesn’t give a hoot what the rest of the world thinks and he has even less regard for human life. It should come as no surprise that he would lob chemical weapons at his own people. The man is a megalomaniacal loon. Trying to apply our standards of human decency, honor and reason to his actions is a lost cause. I also agre...
IN TWEET: “COSMOS” IS AN EARNEST AND AMBITIOUS EXPERIMENT BY FOX. IT SWINGS FOR THE FENCES BUT FAILS TO SOAR. I’m an unabashed science and space geek. That’s why I got so excited at the prospect of an updated take on the classic Carl Sagan series COSMOS . Even better, Fox was going to do something unheard of: air the series in prime on Sunday nights. While the network gets an “A” for effort, this version of COSMOS left me cold. The opening hour was a disjointed affair that seemed to function as little more than six potential introductions for whatever direction the rest of the series decides to go in. There was the obligatory tour of planets and our solar system, an overlong animated segment dedicated to Giordano Bruno and quite a bit of intrusion by host/narrator Neil deGrasse Tyson . It all felt a little too random and a little too surface. I get the point of a set-up installment but, a pilot episode of any kind can’t be rudderless and drive long term viewership. I like Dr. Tys...
MULTIPLE MANIACS ARE ON THE LOOSE IN THIS DIABOLICAL INSTALLMENT OF “TERROR IN BLACK AND WHITE” Sometimes the scariest monsters aren’t invaders from another planet or creatures stitched together by a mad scientist; they’re other people. You know, seemingly ordinary folks like you and me…except for one big difference: their need to kill. This installment of TERROR IN BLACK AND WHITE brings you face to face with three suspense classics from an era long before Investigation Discovery brought murder into our homes 24/7. You’ll meet a bedridden woman who wishes she had cut the cord, a truly twisted sister and the ultimate momma’s boy. Lock your doors…it’s going to be a bloody night. SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948) DIRECTED BY: Anatole Litvak SCREENPLAY BY: Lucille Fletcher (based on her 1943 radio play of the same name) STARRING: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey and Ed Begley ORIGINAL US RELEASE: September 1, 1948 by Paramount Pictures. In SORRY, ...
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