Author: DOuG pRATt

Underwater Overseas

A good discussion of Trump’s failure to understand international economics.

A good analysis of Trump’s going nowhere tariffs with China.

In December, Trump declared on social media that he had approved the controversial sale of advanced Nvidia H200 AI semiconductors to China, the very chips his Justice Department only 30 minutes earlier said were being smuggled to China, constituting a threat to national security.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/with-tariffs-stalled-trumps-china-policy-drifts-2026-04-21/

Leonard Looks Back

The final edition of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide was released in 2014

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, already well-established when Blockbuster Video stores began to appear, was an essential companion in the pre-Internet era of home video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Maltin%27s_Movie_Guide

For twenty years, Maltin was a regular contributor on Entertainment Tonight. He recently returned to ET for this retrospective of his career.

I follow Leonard on Facebook and Patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/c/MaltinOnMovies/posts

Cheap Man’s Noir

Continuing to lack Turner Classic Movies, for the previously explained reasons, I’ll put together another faux ‘Noir Alley’ installment with Eddie Muller. This time it’s The Killers, with Burt Lancaster’s screen debut. The outstanding cinematography was by Elwood Bredell.

Extra Added Attraction! Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. Photographed by Bredell four years before The Killers, the results are equally impressive.