For Years Our Family Has Been Involved In Contests Picking The Winners Of The Academy Awards Doing this, I believe that I have learned a few things. For example, you never pick which movie you hope wins, because it never works. Someone would probably do a better job picking if they had not seen any […]
Oscars Coming Sunday This week new movies were added to view at home before the Awards. Two possible winners are out today on demand. Lady Bird (Set in Sacramento, CA with two acting nominations of Laurie Metcalf for supporting and Saoirse Ron for best actress), and 3 Billboards (three actor nominees, McDormand, Harrelson, and Rockwell). […]
Points of First Contact Just finished a CAMP Conference in Coronado. It reminded me of a course that I was required to attend at Indiana University before I could graduate with my BS in Production Management. The Course Was “Introduction to Interviews” And I believe that the course was a major reason for many years […]
If You Are Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast: This is the title of a new documentary on HBO that I can definitely recommend with the greatest of recommendations. I had gone many months without seeing anything of value, but in the last two months I have recommended the movie, GET OUT, and then the […]
HBO Hits Another Winner For Me Last newsletter I mentioned that DJ and I loved the movie, “Get Out”. This time I want to mention an HBO special, “Wizard of Lies” starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. You all know the story and the ending, but it is really worth watching if Business movies […]
As Most Of You Know There Have Been Few Outstanding Movies For The First Months Of 2017 Unless you like sequels, violence, vulgar, animated, etc. Then, of course we all have different tastes so it is difficult to tell someone where to spend money. As a matter of fact, last year’s Oscar winner was not a […]
Interesting List to Me. I have never heard of many of these people and do not really plan on learning about them. Of course, there were many familiar names. But I bet you would never guess number one. Bet many of you have never heard of him. Drum Roll… Theo Epstein: The man who led […]
Academy Awards are Coming Up. Get Your Ballots Ready. A quick reminder of the nine movies nominated: Hell or Highwater, Hacksaw Ridge, Fences, Lion, Moonlight, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Hidden Figures, and La La Land. The movie that is expected to win at this stage of the season is “La La Land”. This is […]
There is a new HBO documentary based on the life and ideals of Warren Buffett: “The Oracle of Omaha”, considered an all-time, number one investor in the US of A. My wife DJ and I think the movie is outstanding. Developed by Peter Kunhardt, he also did documentaries on Richard Nixon and Oprah. It was […]
Prepare Your Brackets Have you all prepared your brackets? Last year my entry ended quickly as I picked Wichita State who was undefeated going to the Dance to win it all. The NCAA gave them such tough first games that my Bracket was done the first weekend. For all bracket watchers who are picking by team colors, etc., […]
