Peter Murmann

Timothy Noah on Slate.com walks you through the numbers why Hillary Clinton does not have a real shot to win the Democratic nomination. If she wins it in the end, Hillary Clinton will be a true princess and Timothy Noah will be transformed into an ugly frog,  living unhappily ever after. Can we please stop [Read More]

You have never seen a super hero movie like this one. The people who made this film re-invented the format. I admit it:  I was jealous of the creativity the writers show off in this cool film.  Hancock is a homeless drunk with real temper issues. Watch him as he is trying to work out [Read More]

It did not occur to me until I read the obituary of Ollie Johnston, apparently one of Disney’s finest animators, that behind every good animator lies a good actor. Ollie Johnston, last of Disney’s elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95 IF YOU interviewed Ollie Johnston in the last years of his life, sooner or [Read More]

When I was going for lunch today, two girls strolled by and one said to the other:

Last week I was reminded again of the sage observations that real life generates stories that no fiction writer could ever imagine.  Who would have thought that the prosecutor who went after prostitution rings would fall with lightening speed precisely because he was involved with the kind of ring in his previous role as attorney [Read More]

It is a leap year again. I barely noticed it until I read this fascinating article. A Great Leap Forward By CHRIS TURNEY WHEN Frederic, the hero of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” learns that his Feb. 29 birthday means that he is not 21 years old but 5, he figures he’ll have to serve [Read More]