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Boston Creme Pie
Mar. 10th, 2013 09:26 pm
Below is a brief look at and recipe for the famous New England dessert called the "Boston Creme Pie": ( Read more... )
Below is a brief look at and recipe for the famous New England dessert called the "Boston Creme Pie": ( Read more... )
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - List of Books/Novels
Dec. 16th, 2012 08:47 pm
This year marked the release of three movies about or featuring the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. He was born on Sinking Spring Farm, in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky (now part of LaRue County) on February 12, 1809; making him the first president born outside the original thirteen colonies. I could write an essay about his life and achievements. Instead, I have made a small list of historical books and novels centered around his four years as President: ( Read more... )
With the recent release of Steven Spielberg's new movie, "LINCOLN" and the upcoming release of Quentin Tarrantino's latest film, "DJANGO UNCHAINED", I found myself thinking about movies I have seen about slavery - especially slavery practiced in the United States. Below is a list of my favorite movies on the subject in chronological order: ( Read more... )
Tags:
- adam driver,
- alessandro nivola,
- american revolution,
- antebellum,
- anthony mackie,
- art evans,
- ato essandoh,
- avery brooks,
- benedict cumberbatch,
- british empire,
- bruce dern,
- bruce mcgill,
- christoph waltz,
- chuck connors,
- ciarán hinds,
- cicely tyson,
- civil war,
- colonial america,
- cooper huckabee,
- courtney b. vance,
- dane dehaan,
- daniel day-lewis,
- david carradine,
- david oyelowo,
- david strathairn,
- dick anthony williams,
- dominic cooper,
- don johnson,
- donald sutherland,
- early america,
- elizabeth marvel,
- embeth davidtz,
- forest whitaker,
- georg stanford brown,
- georgian era,
- gilded age,
- gloria reuben,
- glynn turman,
- hal holbrook,
- history,
- ioan gruffudd,
- james garner,
- james mason,
- james read,
- james remar,
- james spader,
- jamie foxx,
- jane austen,
- jared harris,
- jason patric,
- jimmi simpson,
- john hawkes,
- john jakes,
- john saxon,
- jonah hill,
- jonny lee miller,
- joseph gordon-levitt,
- kerry washington,
- kirstie alley,
- lee horsley,
- lee pace,
- leonardo dicaprio,
- lesley anne down,
- levar burton,
- lindsay duncan,
- literary,
- lou gossett jr.,
- m.c. gainey,
- mary elizabeth winstead,
- mexican-american war,
- michael gambon,
- mira sorvino,
- movies,
- nicholas farrell,
- old west,
- olivia cole,
- patrick swayze,
- philip casnoff,
- politics,
- quentin tarantino,
- robert carlyle,
- romola garai,
- ron white,
- rufus sewell,
- sally field,
- sam waterston,
- samuel l. jackson,
- steven spielberg,
- sylvestra le touzel,
- television,
- thandie newton,
- tim blake nelson,
- toby jones,
- tommy lee jones,
- travel,
- walton goggins
Movies For HALLOWEEN
Oct. 31st, 2012 09:58 pm
Below is a list of movies that I would probably watch for the Halloween holiday. The list is in chronological order: ( Read more... )
Tags:
- antebellum,
- anthony mackie,
- bette midler,
- bill murray,
- christina ricci,
- christopher lee,
- civil war,
- colonial america,
- donald sutherland,
- early 20th century,
- early america,
- edwardian age,
- ernie hudson,
- gene tierney,
- holidays,
- ian mcdiarmid,
- joss whedon,
- late 20th century,
- movies,
- old hollywood,
- rufus sewell,
- sigourney weaver,
- veronica lake,
- world war 2
Top Ten Favorite Movies of Summer 2012
Sep. 26th, 2012 04:31 pm
Below is a list of my top ten (10) favorite movies from the Summer of 2012. Any movies missing from this list either have not been seen by me or simply failed to impress me.( Read more... )
Tags:
- alan arkin,
- albert finney,
- alexis denisof,
- alice eve,
- anne hathaway,
- antebellum,
- anthony mackie,
- bill nighy,
- brett cullen,
- bryan cranston,
- burn gorman,
- chris evans,
- chris hemsworth,
- christian bale,
- christopher lee,
- christopher nolan,
- civil war,
- clark gregg,
- cobie smulders,
- colin farrell,
- colonial america,
- corey stoll,
- dane dehaan,
- dc comics,
- desmond harrington,
- dominic cooper,
- donna murphy,
- early 20th century,
- early america,
- edward norton,
- elizabeth marvel,
- embeth davidtz,
- emma thompson,
- eric bana,
- eva green,
- gary oldman,
- georgian era,
- great depression,
- guy pearce,
- gwyneth paltrow,
- helena bonham-carter,
- history,
- irrfan khan,
- jason bourne,
- jason clarke,
- jenny agutter,
- jeremy renner,
- jessica biel,
- jessica chastain,
- jimmi simpson,
- john cho,
- johnny depp,
- jon favreau,
- jonny lee miller,
- joseph gordon-levitt,
- josh brolin,
- joss whedon,
- juno temple,
- kate beckinsale,
- liam neeson,
- literary,
- marion cotillard,
- mark ruffalo,
- marvel,
- mary elizabeth winstead,
- matthew modine,
- maximiliano hernández,
- mia wasikowska,
- michael caine,
- michael stuhlbarg,
- michelle pfieffer,
- mid 20th century,
- mike colter,
- morgan freeman,
- movies,
- mythology,
- nestor carbonell,
- oscar isaac,
- paul bettany,
- politics,
- post-apocalypse,
- powers boothe,
- prohibition,
- rachel weisz,
- robert downey jr.,
- rufus sewell,
- samuel l. jackson,
- scarlett johansson,
- scott glenn,
- shia labeouf,
- sports,
- stacy keach,
- stellan skarsgård,
- steven spielberg,
- television,
- time travel,
- tom hardy,
- tom hiddleston,
- tommy lee jones,
- tony gilroy,
- travel,
- will smith,
- will yun lee
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER" (2012) Review
If someone had told me about two to three years ago about a fictional story featuring a historical leader and his encounters with the supernatural . . . I would have laughed in that person's face. Hell, I would that about a year ago. Then two years ago, Seth Grahame-Smith wrote a novel about Abraham Lincoln battling vampires. And you know what? I did not laugh. But I sure as hell did not take it seriously. ( Read more... )
TIME MACHINE: The War of 1812
Jun. 18th, 2012 12:57 pm
TIME MACHINE: THE WAR OF 1812
Today marks the 200th anniversary of when President James Madison and the U.S. Congress declared war against Great Britain and the British Empire on June 18, 1812; an act that led to the beginning of the War of 1812 (1812-1814). ( Read more... )
