THE INTERVIEW

Hilarious...and with with a good crowd sayin' you don't fuck with us...up-roariously serious...

WILD

El Condor Pasa beautiful...required cameo  rattle snake...that's best I can do...

FOXCATCHER

Shoot him already...put us out of our misery...that's a compliment to it...

AN AMERICAN IN AMERICA

Charles M. Russell / On the / Left bank / Of the /  Missouri River...

HOMESMAN

The setting sets aside that silly Dances With Wolves...liked it less the more I think...Tommy Lee a little Yosemite Sam...a bit deep but teeth too white...sad-surprise to see her die...racist remark about native folks...eat a horse??? slaves appear in Iowa???...

DECEMBER

Rain-Rain-Rain / from those three men / on those / three camels...

HORRIBLE BOSSES II

Filthy-Dirty Jen & lots of fun...

WHIPLASH

Black Swan on drums...

INTERSTELLER

I almost expected to see Dr. Evil...

NOVEMBER

Guess who's / Coming to / Thanksgiving dinner / Young man / Winter...

OCTOBER

The overcoat / Of many / Colors

FAST DUMMIES

Formula I / Has added / What looks to be / Almost training wheels / Or a walker /To the front end / Of their  / Chassis / They turn away / Niki-James-Jimmy-Jackie...

NIGHTCRAWLER

Super-Sonic greatness...Jake G does Travis Bickle-Rupert Pumpkin and an insect...physical beauty...

BIRDMAN

Super-Sonic...Keaton-Norton-Stone...out of control...what Terrence Malick tried and didn't...editing genius...

AMELIA'S AIR-HEART

Where/We/ Are/ Truly/ Equal / Sky-diving/ Who can tell/ Between/The hawk/ Or the/Falcon...

FURY

Sorry...ridiculous...

KILL THE MESSENGER

Excellent -- as fine as All The President's Men without Bob & Dusty getting in the way...bravo to Jeremy Renner...

GONE GIRL

Nice turn -- it didn't get me -- then it got me -- Neil Patrick Harris  character ridiculous but OK enough...

AT SHORT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT

Jeter / Was / Arthur / Out from the / Bat rack / Excalibur...

ME-ME

The / 'Selfie' / Walt Whitman / Without the / Poetry...

MAXI-ME

The / 'Selfie' / To Walt Whitman / With / Apologies...

LINDA'S CHARTER

Amazon women / Had only / One breast / The better / To work  a / Bow / Oh / Great huntress...

MONSTEROUS

The lochs / Have / Nukes / So I guess / All those / Tales / Are / Truths...

SCOTCH TAKE

Scotland / As a / Nation / Hadrian's Wall / A vote for / Seperation...

THE DROP

Nice enough...Tom Hardy channeling Terry Malloy...

ROBINETTE

Every lovely woman / In tights / Is on her way / To yoga / Like a merry band / With their mats / Like quivers / Slung over their shoulders...

PONY BEFORE THE CART

Domestic / Violence / Uh / Shouldn't the words / Be / Reversed...

BOYHOOD

Boring-sitcom-dribble...

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Irritating-amateurish-junk...

BRONX TEAR

Came across from / California / Home to / Long Island / And on into the / Stadium / For my / Farewell to / Jeter / And sad / In a strange / Way / To see him / Surrounded by / Strangers / From other / Teams / Other places /Like an / Abandoned / Olympus / With one / Remaining / Hero...

CALVARY

Beautiful Irish coast...too many set up characters...Brendon Gleeson fine but too many set pieces...Kelly Reilly a fine beauty...

SHIT SANDWICH

Peta bread / Slathered with / Hamas / Add / One stick / Dynamite...

GET ON UP

Nicely done...some cliche...Chadwick Boseman excellent...not cardboard 42...why have Dan Akroyd beside such a fine actor...but even he couldn't kill it...Little Richard scenes Oscar worthy for support...

BLOOD DIAMONDS

The only / Arms race / Should be / Between / The / Detroit Tigers / And the / Oakland Athletic / Baseball / Teams...

SPLEEN OF DARKNESS

Gaza / Ah / "The horror / the horror..."

A MOST WANTED MAN

Very fine...a Tinker-Tailor you can get your head around...Philip Seymour too good...too good on the cigarettes & the accent...

DAWN OF APES

Well done following up on the well done Rise Of...surprise beginning...beautiful to look at...too long fight at the end...Iron Man 3 length...Gary Oldman fine...but I want unknowns in films or less knowns...I know too well Gary Oldman...

GOOOAAALLL LINE

Soccer's / Corner kick / The fruits / Of labor / Almost / Within reach / Of / Tantalus...

INCA DINCA DO

In Peru / They have / Matadors /  And / Condors / Against the / Bulls...

OBVIOUS CHILD

Just by theater jumping...an insipid cross between Frances Ha & New Girl...but...the staring young lady was better than the rest...

SNOWPIERCER

Sad...disgusting...too many John Hurts now as the elder...

HOT & COLD

Red / White / & / Blue / Staring into / The picnic coals / Their lips / Their fingers / Their toes / Their blood / In the / Snow...

22 JUMP STREET

Goofarama...guilty good...

LEGION OF HONOR

Returning / Grizzlies / To the / Sierras / Like the state / Flag / Is-was/ Roman Eagles...

PAPA BURGER

Ernest Hemingway / Had his own / Hamburger / Now that's an / American / Author...

ROCKY MTN. HIYA

Maureen Dowd / "Go ask Alice..." / When you've / Come back / Down..."

RUTH BABE

The lady / Golfer / The complete / Package...

JERSEY BOYS

A high school play version of Good Fellas...as an Irish/honorary/Italian/Jew from Long Island I took offense to the cliches of it...poor acting & do not have a most recognizable Chris Walken as the Don....made La Bamba look like Shakespeare...

CASE AJAR

What is / The benefit / Of / Doubt / The jury / Is still / Out...

CATCH ALL

Lightning / In a / Bottle / The ship / Must be / Rounding / Tiera del Fuego...

LOCKE

Ehh...fine performance by Tom Hardy...but just a long metaphor for what we've become...removed in touch...

Bodies / Floating / In the / Rio Bay / The Olympic Torch / On / Sugar Loaf / Be careful / What you / Pray...

AT LOVE

I consider / You / The best / In the / Business / Most certainly / Tennis / That genuine / Laugh / That genuine / Charm / Along with / Beauty & thought / And a / Fan's / Appreciation / Game / Set / Match / To / Ms Carillo...

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

A classic original...Tilda most rich...

POLLOCK HO!

Like vast / Canvas / Prairies / A land rush / Paint brush / Of / Possibilities...

"GIVE US CLEANLINESS OR IT'S GOING TO GIVE US DEATH"

The 4th of / July / What courage then / To defy / But what / Empire do we / Today / Take on /  So / Let us / Declare / For the / Planet / So that / All / In life-liberty& pursuit / Might survive...

GODZILLA

Absolutely absurd...all acting sad...stupid...brings shame to the original...

UNDER HER SKIN

Beautiful to look at...somewhat unique take on a worn out theme...aliens come to poke at us...

VOLUNTEAR DROP

I'm seeing /Parachutes / Over / Ukraine / An 82nd / Abe Lincoln / Brigade...

NEIGHBORS

Needed to shower afterwards...didn't think Seth could out-weed himself...

STREET SMARTS

Such a compliment / Why use an / Alley / Why not / Let's say /  Right up your / Driveway...

MY RHYMES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

Railroad trestles / For my / Joints / Bridges / For my / Bones / Rivers / For blood / Through the / Mountain tunnels / Of my / Arteries & Veins / Wheat-Corn-Hay-Cotton / For my hair / Then Fulton / For my / Heart / Buffalo hide / For my / Skin / Me / American...

AT-AMEN

Strike water / From a / Stone / But we've / Got / Money /  From a / Wall...

THESE SHOES ARE

High heels / Like / Flamenco / On / 5th Ave. / With style / With bravado...

RE-YET

Why the / Woods / How about / Out of the / The concrete / Streets / And / Avenues...

THE OTHER WOMAN

The Other Woman -- perhaps the other script...Cameron a little leathery...Kate Upton...well...

SERMON ON THE FOUNT

The Colorado / River / The loaves / And / Fishes...

CONCRETE JUNGLE

There's / So much / Sorrow / In the / City / They are / Towns / Without / Pity...

WIDE A WAKE

Nightmares / Do come true / Too...

VERSIGH

Mayonaise / In the / French / Food court / All hail / The royal / Claim...

BIRTH OF A NOTION

Like an / Equinox / Of the / Planet / The sun shines / Through / The circle of / Towers...

PETAL TO THE METTLE

Mother / I am your/ Son / Daughter / Husband / And as such / We lay / Flowers / At the / Tower / For you / Matriarch / Of / Society...

DOM HEMINGWAY

Over-wrought,under-actors,a bad simulation of Sexy Beast...

RISE & SHINE

You should let / Your hair / Go again / To blonde / Dignified / Tall as you / Are / Like closer / To the / Sun / The color / Your / Lockes...

CPT. AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER

Exhausting...un-comic book...too tech...Redford strange...good plot twists but who gives a shit...

"YES"

The St. Agnes / Steeple/ From the / Elevated railroad / Not Rome / Not Paris / But damn near / As known / Because of /  Its place / As a throne / Of both / Its god / And its / sport...

LADY OF MY SEEMS

As natural / As the / Word / Your soft / Beauty / One can / Almost feel / The way / Of the / Reach / For the / Ideal...

WHALE "HO"

Orca / A four letter / Word / A curse / In Japanese / And San Diego...

BORDER GODS

The American bishops ? Serving mass / Through the / Arizona border / Fence / Hands beseeching / Through the fence / Beseeching the / Eucharist / Like drowning / Victims / In the hold / Of a / Prison ship...

GOLD STANDARD

Like / La mujer de / Spanish California / In you / Eldorado / What the / Conquistadores / Senorita / Senora...

TRES MUJERES

If Tinker Belle / Became / Pocahontas / Then queen of / The rodeo / Oh my goodness...

WW II IN HD

They let / MacArthur / Return / With all those / Useless graves / He left / When they / Could have / Skipped it / To / Japan...

THE MEEK SHALL

It's their / Bread & Butter / The basic / Foundation / Not milk / Not honey / Nor any / Other...

THAT'S COLD WAR

Like Neville Chamberlain / Should have / Shot / Hitler / Can't someone / Just do / Putin...

300 #II

A reality meets Hollywood mythology....overblown but wasn't the Iliad & Odyssey..not that I'm comparing the two...but some virtue in the 300 #II...

MUPPETS & BAD WORDS

Tina Fey-Tina Fey and away...Jason Batemen--bad movie...

HORSING AROUND

The Greeks / Entered Troy / With their / Wooden horse / A myth / Of course / But / A quake from the / Ocean floor / Shook down / The walls / The god of such / Poseidon / Who's sign is / A SEA HORSE...

SANDY NIJINSKY

The rites / Of spring / Better lefties / If you want / To win...

SLAY RIDE

March / Madness / David's sling / Is only / A semi / Automatic...

LIFE ON THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN

The train is / Twain / With its / Whistling refrain / The train is / Twain / In the night / The river road / Comin' round / The bend...

RIVER VULGER

Stalingrad / A Masters in / The very last / Stand...

KINGDOM COME

Key Biscayne / Opens the gate / Atlantis / Miami Dade...

PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE

A match/Made in/Heaven/God/And the/Devil...

LA LACEY

The gypsy Carmen/Of Old Soul/With her essence of/Flamenco/Her face/Her flair/Her clothes...

STALINGRAD

Bloody nonsense...cliche soldiers in unbelievable settings...fake city...fake atmosphere...

GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD ISLANDS

Ahh / Tis the / Morning mist / The colleen's / Kiss / The snow white / Waves / Against the / Emerald cliffs / The stone / The thatch / The brick / Peace / A toast / To this...

IRISH WAKE

A Protestant / And a / Catholic /  Enter an / Irish pub / To settle their / Differences...

WHITE

Kiev / Knight / Of the / Living dead...

FREULIEN OCTOBER

If there were / Maids / Like you / In Germany / Their good looks / Like yours / Would insure / Comfort & Joy / Throughout all / Breweries...

CAFE PARIS

If you ever / Come across / Hemingway's / Sun Also Rises / You'll meet / Lady Brett / Who the men / All gather round /Like you / A gypsy version of / This unique character...

DRAGON-boat-LADY

Like a / Viking / Erica / The Red / Come ashore / Take me / Captive / My devotion / Pledged...

THE CLAP HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Giving a / High Five / Let your / Liberte / Egalite / Fraternite / Fly..

FISH STORY

In the Stonybrook / Gym / When we were / Young / Hot Tuna / When Papa John's fiddle / Still strung / A memory across time / While I'm in town / For my 8th / Oscar / Weekend...to a friend in L.A. who won't...

WHOLE IN ONE

Like drive / For show / And putt / For dough / Beauty & Thought / You are so / Inside / The ropes...for Kelly Tillman of the golf channel...

ROJO LETTER DAY

Mi amor / With all my heart / En espanol...

SEEING BEFORE MY EYES

Ahh / Your freckles / Like a field of ? Beauty dots / The way / Wild flowers / Get your / Attention...

DUNG HEAPED

Fork to farm / Barrels of / Pork it over / In subsidized / Barns..

KISS US YOU FOOL

A Prince Charming / For every / Human being...

OPERATION PINK ARROW

If Cupid / Was a drone / Then surely / Romeo / At the controls...

OLYMPICS

Not really caring much...no opening up look see...too many moguls & snowboarding to start out...women ski-jumping my only real interest...can't look at Putin...but an Olympics in China ain't no walk in the patrolled people's park...

BEATLES

Grammy Salutes The Beatles...very fine...speaking as someone in high school then...In My Life too fast and Revolution too odd but all in all...could have used more Beatles in performance, especially that never before of Don't Bring Me Down on the roof...

HEAD SCRATCHER

Blondes / Have more / Dumb...

MONUMENTS MEN

All silliness & dorkiness in film forgiven because of its interest & emotion...I wept a bit...Cate great...congrats to Clooney for taking on the story...

SAVING MR. BANKS

Thin...That wasn't Walt Disney that was Tom Hanks...critics right about Colin...worst portrayal of drunk...cartoon staff characters...her driver wasn't true...tisk-tisk...never saw Mary Poppins...but will try the book...

SUPER BOWL

Only game I ever saw that was over after the first since Sandy Koufax pitched...

CHECK POINT

If New York / Was turned / Upside down / The accent mark / On New York / Would be / Long Island / You got a problem / With that...

ACES & AINT'S

A gun is / Vegas / Slip in a / Shell / A see what / Happens...

COURT & SPARK

A gun is / Shakespeare / Most elegant / Fear...

FEBRUARY

Shakespeare in love / Shakespearean weather...

JANUARY

For awhile / Everybody...

SOUP & SANDWICHED

Celebrity chefs / The buffet is / Frickin' / Endless...

SMORGASBORED

There's no -- Free lunch -- Like taxes & death -- Oh look -- Another -- Celebrity chef...

LEXING-TONNAGE

2nd Amendment militias -- 300 million guns -- In America -- And still -- No sign -- Of the British...

ANCHORED WOMAN

"This is Annie Oakley" -- Reporting from the -- Latest -- School shooting...

WRIST-BAND

Did they -- But we use -- Many moons -- To tell a time -- The Rolex -- Of the tribes...

JACK RYAN:SHADOW RECRUIT

Good -- Good looking...A somewhat plausible Mission Impossible...

REAL-ENACTORS

Sending the Cossacks -- To patrol -- Sochi -- Like to the -- Atlanta Olympics -- Union soldiers...

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

Sochi -- Hopefully...

GREAT BEAUTY

Gatsby meets Fellini...Fellini you can grasp...The title fits...And of course foreign actors you don't know so they are them...something of an honor to see it...all the American awards...then there is this...the magic of the film world...

BABY KABOOM

It was 50 years ago/Today/Major Sullivan/Told the band/To play/And yeah yeah yeah/High school's/Glory Day...

LONDON CALLING

"We will listen to them/ on the beaches/We will listen to them /in the fields/We will listen to them/ in the cities/The invasion begins/The 7th of/February...

OSCARS

Take out Dern & Leo...insert Redford & Phoenix...take out Wolf...insert All Is Lost...

MAYER'S OSCAR

The streets -- Run red -- with  carpets -- The onslaught -- Of nonsense...

SILENCE IS GOLDEN GLOBES

The celebrity -- Interview -- Shame -- Upon you...

LONE SURVIVOR

Black Hawk Down II...propaganda...Seal Team 6 gettin' blown up in useless Afghan...this from Vietnam Vet...Seal situps don't mean shit in combat...Marky-Mark good for what it was...

SUPER BOWL PREDICTION

Niners over Patriots...

OSCAR PREDICTIONS

Best Film -- 12 Years Slave -- Best Actor -- Robert Redford -- Best Actress -- Cate Blanchette -- Best Supporting Actor -- Jared Leto -- Best Supporting Actress -- Jennifer Lawrence -- Best Director -- Gravity Guy...

EVERLASTING BROS

Phil & Don -- Like Buddy Holly's -- Prom...