Peter Murmann

I learned today that there is a Murmann Brewery in Germany.  Shirley Maclaine claims to have lived before as a different person. If Shirley’s views on reincarnation are correct, I may have founded this this small little brewery in Untersiemau in 1862. The only evidence I have for this is my joy of “Weissbier.” My liking [Read More]

An interview with Will Smith, in which he described all the preparations that he went through to play “The Champ,” intrigued me enough to rent the video despite the fact that the film was a failure at the box office. I did not get beyond minute 15. This film bombed not because it was too [Read More]

After launching a frontal assault on intelligent film making with “The Bridges of Madison County”,  Clint Eastwood redeems himself with this beautifully directed psychodrama. Mystic River explores the complexities of human relations, following three kids from the playground to the difficultities of living an adult life in the very same neighborhood in which their experience [Read More]