Author: Gene Bray

Feature Story

NYC Wildlife Encounters, by Gene Bray

In 1980 I moved to a rooming house in Manhattan. Three feet of my room was below ground level. One morning I woke up, opened my eyes, and saw a cat staring at me from less than a foot away. Our eyes lock. I’m terrified. Afraid to move. Afraid to breathe. It’s calmly studying me. Is it the Devil? When […]

Arts

Video: TransSiberian Express. by Gene Bray

I came across this free movie on YouTube when I was looking for films with Woody Harrelson. I used to think Woody just played himself. A cool, funny, stoner type. Then I saw him in Out of the Furnace. He played a scary badass. A guy you would hate, and be terrified of. He’d beat the hell out of you. […]

Arts

The Age of Adaline, by Gene Bray

I saw the movie “The Age of Adaline” and we are blessed to have this. This is why movies can touch us so deeply. It stars Blake Lively. Blake is a she if you didn’t know. She plays Adaline. A beautiful young woman cursed to be alone forever. I loved her in this. Do you know who else loved her? […]

Feature Story, Movies

Pu-239, an unexpected gem, by Gene Bray

Scanning the menu button on the remote is like panning for gold. Rarely is any found. But sometimes a nugget appears. H.B.O. movies on demand P. U. 239 is not a gold nugget. It is the Hope Diamond. The story of a father and husband whose life is shattered. Through no fault of his own. He knows he is doomed. […]