Election 2020 Chapter 5: Towards The Homestretch…
I suspect the movement we’ll see from here will be minimal, meaning Biden will have many paths to 270 versus Trump’s little room for error.
Author: Luis A. Mendez
Published Author Of Both Fiction And Non-Fiction - Dealing In Fantastical Tales, Film Criticism, And U.S/UK Psephology
What If The Expected Actually Happens?
In which I argue for the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the expected…actually happens and maybe even smoothly at that.
A Binge Of Cinematic History Chapter 2: The Birth Of Hollywood
Most Hollywood histories begin in the 1920s. However, the story of Hollywood and its coming domination in cinema truly begins in 1914
A Binge Of Cinematic History Chapter 1: The Dawn Of Cinema
“The Dawn Of Cinema” or the pre-Hollywood years. And amazingly at over a hundred years old there’s some short films from this time that have stuck with us.
Prologue To A Binge Of Cinematic History
That first ingredient for the recipe of having cinema come to existence happened could be argued to have taken place in several moments of mankind’s past.
Election 2020 Chapter 4: The White Heat Of The Summer Campaign
Since I last wrote about this race in April, the President’s chances have only gotten worse and a blue wave is now in play as much as a Trump squeaker is.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 10: The 2010s
And here we are. After ten long weeks I have reached the end of this series on my favorite films from each year in the last hundred years of cinema.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 9: The 2000s
In the 1920s, the film industry in America and eventually across the globe had grown large enough to become an important part of the American past time. That was followed by four straight decades...
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 8: The 1990s
After a decade of auteur focused film-making in the seventies helped bridge the path past its golden age, and a blockbuster and franchise dominated eighties helped it to start making big money at the...
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 7: The 1980s
The eighties? This decade’s films attracted me with over-the-top adventure and bone-chilling horror with some comedy mixed in and one drama.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 6: The 1970s
So with all that griping out of the way, time for some positivist so let’s take a look at some of the best films the seventies had to offer
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 5: The 1960s
I’m now half-way through this series and I truly hope I have given out some new titles for others to discover as I go through this list.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 4: The 1950s
The 1950s, an era in which Hollywood’s golden age began to slowly fade away, it seems my favorite movies from this decade tend to be human dramas
Election 2020 Chapter 3: The Surprisingly Interesting Boomer Election
Here’s one thing we can say with absolute certainty regarding the 2020 Presidential Election — generational change is going to have to wait for another four to eight years.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 3: The 1940s
A decade in which Hollywood found itself joining the war effort, and those films were regarded as some of the most enduring of the decade by classic movie fans to this day.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 2: The 1930s
If the 1920s established film as a way for Americans to pass the time, the 1930s established its celebrity and its integration into the fabric of American culture
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 1: The 1920s
I realized that I’ve seen at least one film from each year since 1920. So why not recommend my favorite film from each year from 1920 to modern day?
Election 2020 Chapter 2: The Big Dog Emerges Thanks To A Big Choke
Something unexpected happened when my pick to be the likely nominee was staring at the campaign grim reaper just as South Carolina closed its polls…
Election 2020 Chapter 1: Primary Colors
The First Chapter Of Election 2020 – Figuring Out The Faces Of The Party
For Your Consideration: A Preview Of The 92nd Academy Awards
With the nominees officially announced, I give my two cents with some personal takes, who i’d vote for, and what I think the likely winners will look like.
