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Tag Archives: Quantum Leap
Happy Birthday, Bruce McGill
Bruce McGill is one of those actors who would have fit in perfectly with the old studio system: a first-rate support player, a guy who can do anything: drama, comedy, farce, who can fit into any context. He’s in the … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television
Tagged Bruce McGill, Michael Mann, Quantum Leap
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November 2021 Viewing Diary
The Wire, half of Season 3 This is the busiest time of year in re: film-critic-land, so had to stop my re-watch of The Wire to make room for new releases. I’ll get back to it! All Is Forgiven (2007; … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Amy Heckerling, Balkans, Dean Stockwell, documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, Eugene O'Neill, France, Ingmar Bergman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Japan, Katharine Hepburn, literary adaptation, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mexico, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Wasikowska, New Zealand, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quantum Leap, Rebecca Hall, Sidney Lumet, Spain, Sweden, The Beatles, Will Ferrell, women directors
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March 2019 Viewing Diary
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017; d. Catherine Bainbridge) Mum came and visited me and we watched this amazing documentary about the contributions Native Americans have made to music. It starts with Link Wray. I loved this documentary … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Al Pacino, Brian De Palma, Chile, Dean Stockwell, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Ellen Burstyn, England, Faye Dunaway, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank O'Hara, Italy, Jack Nicholson, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jill Clayburgh, Joanna Hogg, John Cazale, Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Link Wray, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Quantum Leap, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Roy Scheider, Supernatural, women directors, Woody Allen
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Packing/Unpacking Montage
I haven’t been around these here parts much in the last 2 weeks. I moved to a new apartment on February 1 (and the move was somewhat unexpected. It all happened – finding apartment, applying, getting approved – in a … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, Elvis Presley, Gun Crazy, Hope, John Wayne, Quantum Leap, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Ulysses
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The heart has a memory … and I am the most loyal woman I know …
… which is why when I saw this cool star map showing the “timeline” of what extraterrestrials will be watching if they have been receiving and monitoring our TV waves (and it appears that this is a very American-centric drawing … Continue reading
Tells you where I’m at
— Got together with Jen last night. Gorgeous summery Hoboken night. We went out for a glass of wine. I drew her costume sketches in my notebook. We talked like magpies for a couple of hours. Then I went to … Continue reading
Dennis Hopper Curating a Show in Taos
Here’s a really interesting interview with Dennis Hopper about an art show he is curating at a gallery in Taos, featuring six long-time Taos artists (Dean Stockwell included). Interesting take from Hopper on the art scene, what he’s working on, … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Art/Photography
Tagged art, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, photography, Quantum Leap
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Quantum Leap: Season 1, Ep. 5: “How the Tess Was Won” – Part 1
LEAP INTO: August 5, 1956 Tess: If there’s a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week – I’ll marry him. Sam Beckett leaps out of boxer Kid Cody in the 1970s and into “Doc” … Continue reading
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Ep. 5: “How the Tess Was Won” – part 2
LEAP INTO: August 5, 1956 Part 2: We left Sam at the moment he decided to ride Widow-Maker, the ferocious horse who threw him before.
Al from Quantum Leap
I’ll be posting my next Quantum Leap re-cap tomorrow. Season 1, Episode 4: How the Tess Was Won. Here are the other re-caps, for those of you who are into this whole re-cap thing! And here’s a shot of Al, … Continue reading

