Movie Review: McLintock!

George Washington McLintock learns his estranged wife is in town.

Movie Review: McLintock! (1963) directed by Andrew V. McLaglen It is summer, 1895, and Elizabeth “Betsy” McLintock (Stefanie Powers) is coming home from college in the East to her hometown of McLintock, named after her father George Washington “G.W.” McLintock (John Wayne). She has no idea what she’s walking in to. G.W. and his wife Katherine… Continue reading Movie Review: McLintock!

Book Review: Merton of the Movies

Book Review: Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson Simsbury, Illinois might just be a wide spot in the road, but twice a week, the Bijou Palace shows movies made in far-off Hollywood.  Perhaps the most fanatical attendee of these showings is young Merton Gill, assistant shopkeeper at Gashwiler’s Emporium (general store.)  Merton has studied… Continue reading Book Review: Merton of the Movies

Magazine Review: The Blueroad Reader: Stardust and Fate

Magazine Review: The Blueroad Reader: Stardust and Fate edited by John Gaterud Yes, this is yet another literary magazine; I picked up a bunch inexpensively at the book fair.  This one seems to take its title from Jack Kerouac’s writing; this first issue was published in 2007. The index is unusual for this kind of… Continue reading Magazine Review: The Blueroad Reader: Stardust and Fate