Jury Duty Peter Cawdron 289 pages, Kindle Edition First published May 28, 2021 Antarctica has always had a special fascination for me. I grew up with the tales of Shackleton and Amundsen, and followed the exploits of Peary. I watched all the nature specials on the place, including, of course, Attenborough’s. More recently I was …
In This Corner of the World Directed by Sunao Katabuchi Written by Sunao Katabuchi & Chie Uratani Based on In This Corner of the World by Fumiyo Kōno Produced by Masao Maruyama & Taro Maki Starring Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Shigeru Ushiyama, Mayumi Shintani, Nanase Iwai, Tengai …
2021 was a pretty good year for television, books, and discovering authors I wasn’t familiar with. This was the year I came across Joe Abercrombie, Ashley Pollard, Andy Weir, Jim Al-Khalili, and Peter Cawdron. In all cases I’ve read at least three of their books this year, and they were uniformly excellent. Abercrombie is an …
Door into Summer Director(s) Takahiro Miki Screenplay By Tomoe Kanno Date Released 12/28/2021 Where To Watch Netflix Genre(s) Drama, Sci-Fi, Young Adult, Non-English, Family, Mystery Duration 1 Hour, 58 Minutes Content Rating TV-PG Noted Cast Soichiro Kento Yamazaki Riko Kaya Kiyohara PETE Naohito Fujiki Professor Toi Tomorô Taguchi Rin Shiraishi Natsuna Watanabe Kazuhito Matsushita Hidekazu …
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson William Morrow, 720 pp. There is an old saying attributed to the Arabs: “It is unwise to summon that which you cannot dismiss.” The underlying philosophy is that we can conjure up mighty powers and processes to deal with any given situation, but in the event of unintended consequences (and …
Get Back Directed by Peter Jackson Starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr Music by The Beatles Executive producers Jeff Jones, Ken Kamins, Producers Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison, Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen, Jonathan Clyde Editor Jabez Olssen Running time 157 min (part 1), 173 min (part 2), 138 …
Darkest Hour Directed by Joe Wright Written by Anthony McCarten Produced by Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel As a child, I was taught, over and over, that Winston S. Churchill was the greatest …
Don’t Look Up Directed by Adam McKay Screenplay by Adam McKay Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota Produced by Adam McKay & Kevin Messick Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis, Tomer Sisley, Paul …
Cowboy Bebop Based on Cowboy Bebop by Hajime Yatate Developed by Christopher Yost Starring John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Elena Satine, Alex Hassell Theme music composer Yoko Kanno Opening theme “Tank!” by Seatbelts Executive producers Marty Adelstein, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Scott Rosenberg, Becky Clements, Christopher Yost, Yasuo Miyakawa, Masayuki Ozaki, Shin …
Hellbound Based on Hellbound by Yeon Sang-ho Written by Choi Kyu-sok Directed by Yeon Sang-ho Music by Score: Kim Dong-wook Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean Created by Netflix Main Cast Yoo Ah-in as Jeong Jin-soo, a cult leader, the head of the emerging religion ‘New Truth Society’ Park Sang-hoon as young Jeong …