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  Bad Day at Black Rock, based on a story by Howard Breslin A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at: -               https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E   and    http://realini.blogspot.ro/ This is one of the best suspense stories that I know. The cast of the film is exceptional: -            Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin At the beginning of the movie, the train stops in Black Rock. And this is already the first unusual event. This train has not stopped in the station in four years. A stranger descends and we are witnessing an astonishing occasion. Black Rock is not the place to stop or visit and this man will soon find how welcome he is. Spencer Tracy is perfect in the role of John Macreedy. He is a war veteran that has lost an arm. And to...

  Clerks, starring, written and directed by Kevin Smith 8.4 out of 10 Kevin Smith is a talented, versatile, creative, original writer, director and actor. However, he can also behave in a rather bizarre, outre manner, as others have pointed out. Bill Maher has spoken recently about the adult who still dresses like a child, referring to this Silent Bob. Having said that, Clerks is a refreshing, innovative, highly entertaining comedy. It's satire manages to score quite a few serious points. Take the fine of $ 500 that an authority imposes on one of the Clerks, because a minor, one who is just four furthermore, has been sold cigarettes. The intention is laudable, but the pain is inflicted on the wrong man. We could consider serious the discussion surrounding sex, when one could consider that it happens and when not. The girl in this particular dialogue feels that oral sex with someone does not mean he must be considered a sex partner and when she starts counting, she is soon over the ...

  Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith Eight out of 10 We can find Topper Takes a Trip on the 1,000 Books Everyone Must Read list  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction  though to try perhaps the same passé jocularity that pervades the book it would be difficult to see why, especially if one has not managed to finish the damn book, except by just turning the pages to see The END written all over and place it on the shelf…well, given its electronic format, it was not really physically moved anywhere. The problem with comedy books might be that if the reader does not find them particularly funny, does not go for the kind of humor that is peddled by the writer, perhaps – maybe more likely in this instance – the man or woman taking up the narrative does not have the sense of humor that is so vital for the wellbeing of humans in that it is one of the preconditions of happiness, and is even listed as one of the components of Transcendence as a Signature...

  Starman, written by Bruce Evans and Raynold Gideon                  Starman is a charming, enjoyable science fiction film. Given the date of the production- 1984-, the special effects are not what we are used with in 2018. Nevertheless, it is not the movement of various ample space ships which fill the skies in Transformers and the like that provides meaningfulness.                 Jenny Hayden is a widow who grieves for her husband. One day, at the beginning of the film, in the room next door, a sort of baby appears and he cries. However, over the next seconds, the baby grows into a man, or at least something that looks like one. And the shape and form of this “creature” is exactly that of the late husband of Jenny Hayden who is terrified. This apparition takes her hostage and wants her to drive to a certain meeting place...

  The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read – it is part of that compilation you see on the internet – although on The Greatest Books of All Time site, it is only 9440 th , which may provoke a reader to wonder how do they come up with these contradictory assessments, the answer must be it is a question of taste and ‘de gustibus non disputandum est’ – I liked this, if I did not find it dazzling. You could read out of more than five thousand reviews of books from the aforementioned and other web pages, together with notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other compilations on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html perhaps you have opinions to share     9 out of 10   The Tin Roof Blowdown is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, at least you find it on that list, together with Neon Rain https://realinibarzoi.blogs...