Thursday, November 26, 2020

Directors - by Moses

       

        Directors                Movies Directed


1.     Stanley Kubrick – ‘Dr. Strangelove’, ‘2001’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘The Shining', 'Full Metal Jacket’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

       2.      Steven Spielberg – ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, ‘E.T’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘Jurassic Park’
3.      Martin Scorsese – ‘Raging Bull’, ‘Taxi Driver’, ‘After Hours’, ‘Good Fellas’, ‘The Irishman’

       4.      Francis Ford Coppola – ‘The Godfather 1 and 11’, ‘Apocalypse Now’, ‘The Rainmaker’

       5.      John Singleton – ‘Boyz in the Hood’, ‘Shaft’, ‘Rosewood’ 

       6.      Barry Levinson – ‘The Natural’, ‘Diner’, ‘Good Morning Vietnam’, ‘Bugsy’

       7.      John Landis – ‘Animal House’, ‘The Blues Brothers’, ‘Coming to America’, ‘Trading Places’, ‘Beverly Hills Part 3’, ‘An American Werewolf in London’

       8.      George Lucas – ‘American Graffiti’, ‘Star Wars 1, 11, 111, 1V, V, V1, V11, V111, V1111’

       9.      Quentin Tarantino – ‘Resevoir Dogs’, ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Jango Unchained’

       10.    Ron Howard – ‘Nightshift’, ‘Apollo 13’, ‘De Vinci Code’

       11.    Peter Jackson – ‘Lord of the Rings’ (Trilogy), ‘King Kong’

       12.    Norman Jewison – ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, ‘Moonstruck’, ‘Rollerball’, ‘The Hurricane’, ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’, ‘In the Heat of the Night’

       13.    James Cameron – ‘Titanic’, ‘Aliens’, ‘Avatar’ (Trilogy), ‘Terminator’ (Trilogy), ‘Rambo’ (First Blood Part 2)

 14  14.    Oliver Stone – ‘Platoon’, ‘Wall Street’, ‘JFK’, ‘Salvador’, ‘Born on the Fourth of July’, ‘The Doors’

       15.    Tim Burton – ‘Batman’, ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Beetlegeuse’, ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’

       16.    Alfred Hitchcock – ‘The Birds’, ‘Rear Window’, ‘Psycho’, ‘Vertigo’

       17.    Rob Reiner – ‘The Princess Bride’, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, ‘Stand By Me’, ‘This is Spinal Tap’

       18.    David Fincher – ‘The Fight Club’, ‘Zodiac,’ ‘Seven’, ‘The Social Network’

       19.    Richard Attenborough – ‘Gandhi’, ‘Greystroke–The Legend of Tarzan’

       20.    Spike Lee – ‘Do the Right Thing’, ‘Malcolm X’ 

       21.    Tommy Chong – ‘Still Smokin’’, ‘Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie’

       22.    Phil Alden Robinson (writer/director) – ‘Field of Dreams’, ‘Freedom Song’, ‘The Sum of All Fears’

       23.    Alan Parker – ‘The Wall’, ‘Midnight Express’, ‘Mississippi Burning’

       24.    Walter Hill – ‘48 Hours’, ‘The Warriors’, ‘Johnny Handsome’

       25.    John Huston – ‘Casablanca’, ‘The Maltese Falcon’

       26.    Robert Redford – ‘A River Runs Through it’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘The Horse Whisperer’

       27.    David Lynch – ‘Elephant Man’, ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Sleep’, (directed the T.V show Twin Peaks)

       28.    George Roy Hill – ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’, ‘The Sting’

       29.    Brian De Palma – ‘Scarface’, ‘Carrie’, ‘The Untouchables’, ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Wiseguys’

       30.    Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (writers and lead actors) – ‘Good Will Hunting’

       31.    The Wolchowski Brothers  (writers) – ‘The Matrix’

       32.    Harold Ramis – ‘Caddyshack’, ‘Groundhog Day’, ‘Analyze This’, ‘Analyze That’, (co-wrote Ghostbusters and Stripes)

       33.    Peter Weir – ‘Dead Poet Society’, ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’, ‘Witness’, ‘Mosquito Coast’, ‘The Truman Show’

       34.    Richard Cronenberg – ‘The Fly’, ‘Videodrome’

       35.    Robert DeNiro (actor/director) – ‘Bronx Tale’, ‘The Good Shephard’  (Leading roles in; Taxi Driver and The Godfather 2)

       36.    Abel Ferrara – ‘The Bad Lieutenant’, ‘King of New York’, ‘Body Snatchers’

       37.    John Hughes – ‘The Breakfast Club’; ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles’, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

       38.    Jonathan Demme – ‘Philadelphia’, ‘Silence of the Lambs’, ‘Innerspace’                  
39.    Robert Zemeckis – ‘Back to the Future’ (Trilogy), ‘Romancing the Stone’, ‘Forrest Gump’

       40.    Jonathan Lynn – ‘My Cousin Vinny’, ‘The Distinguished Gentleman’, ‘Clue’

       41.    John Carpenter – ‘The Thing’, ‘The Fog’, ‘Halloween’, ‘Christine’, ‘Escape From New York’

       42.    James L. Brooks – ‘Terms of Endearment’, ‘As Good As it Gets’, ‘Broadcast News’

       43.    Roland Emmerich – ‘Stargate’, ‘Independence Day’, ‘Godzilla’, ‘2012’

       44.    John Glen – ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘Licence to Kill’, ‘The Living Daylights’

       45.    Guy Hamilton – ‘The Man With the Golden Gun’, ‘Diamonds are Forever’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Goldfinger’

       46.    Barbara Streisand – ‘Yentl’, ‘The Way We Were’, ‘Nuts’

       47.    Adrian Lyne – ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘Jacob’s Ladder’, ‘9 1/2 Weeks’, ‘Flashdance’, ‘Indecent Proposal’

48.  48.   Mary  Lambert – ‘Pet Sematary’, ‘Pet Sematary 2’, ‘The Attic’

49.  49.   Ridley Scott – ‘Alien’, ‘Bladerunner’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Robin Hood’, ‘American Gangster’    

       50.   Cecile B. DeMille – ‘The Ten Commandments’ (Two versions), ‘Samson and Delilah’, ‘Cleopatra’, ‘Adam's Rib’ 

51.  51.   Robert Benton – ‘Kramer versus Kramer’, (also wrote the screenplays for 'Bonnie and Clyde' and 'Superman')  

52.  52.   Arthur Penn – ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, ‘Alice's Restaurant’

53.  53.   Frank Darabont – ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, ‘The Green Mile’, (was script doctor of 'Saving Private Ryan')

       54.   Michael Cimino – ‘The Deer Hunter’, ‘Year of the Dragon’, ‘The Sicilian’

55.  55.   Clint Eastwood – ‘Unforgiven’, ‘Heartbreak Ridge’, ‘Sudden Impact’, ‘Invictus’, ‘J. Edgar’

56.  56.   Roland Joffe – ‘The Killing Fields’, ‘The Mission’

57.  57.   Leonard Nimoy – ‘Star Trek 3 (The Search For Spock)’, ‘Star Trek 4 (The Voyage Home)’, ‘Three Men and a Baby’

58.  58.   Sam Raimi – ‘Spiderman’, ‘Spiderman 2’, ‘Spiderman 3’

59.  59.   Sam Mendez – ‘American Beauty’, ‘Skyfall’ (James Bond) ‘Spectre’ (James Bond), ‘1917’ 

60.  60.   Justin Lin – ‘Fast and Furious’, ‘Fast Five’, ‘Fast and Furious 6’, ‘Star Trek Beyond’   

       61.   Wolfgang Petersen – ‘Das Boot’, ‘Outbreak’, ‘NeverEnding Story’, ‘Poseidon’

       62.   Michael Moore – ‘Roger and Me’, ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’, ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’, ‘Canadian Bacon’, ‘Bowling for Columbine’

       63.   Tom Hooper – ‘Les Miserables’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘Cats’, ‘The Danish Girl’

       64.   David Anspaugh – ‘Hoosiers’, ‘Rudy’

       65.   Jim Sheridan – ‘My Left Foot’, ‘In the Name of the Father’, ‘The Boxer’

        66.   Ivan Reitman – ‘Meatballs’, ‘Stripes’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Ghostbusters 2’, ‘Twins’

        67.   Mel Gibson – ‘Passion of the Christ’, ‘Braveheart’

        68.   John G. Avildsen – ‘Rocky’, ‘The Karate Kid’ (Trilogy), ‘Lean on Me’

        69.   Sylvester Stallone – ‘Rocky 2’, ‘Rocky 3’, ‘Rocky 4’, ‘Rocky Balboa’, ‘Rambo; Last Blood’, ‘The Expendables’  

        70.    Luis Llosa Urquidi – ‘The Specialist’, ‘Anaconda’, ‘Sniper’

        71.    Steve Gordon – ‘Arthur’, (directed T.V shows ‘Chico and the Man’, and ‘Barney Miller’)

        72.    Blake Edwards – ‘The Pink Panther’ (including all sequels), ‘The Party’, ‘Victor Victoria’, ‘Gunn’, ‘Peter Gunn’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, ‘10’

        73.    Bob Fosse – ‘Cabaret’, ‘Lenny’, ‘All That Jazz’, (won countless Tony Awards as a playwright director)

        74.    Gus Van Sant – ‘Drugstore Cowboy’, ‘Good Will Hunting’, ‘Psycho’ (remake)

        75.    Sean S. Cunningham – ‘Friday the 13th’, ‘A Stranger is Watching’, ‘Spring Break’

        76.    Ted Kotcheff – ‘The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz’, ‘First Blood’, ‘Joshua Then and Now’, ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’

        77.    Steven Soderbergh – ‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape’, ‘Erin Brockovich’, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Ocean’s Twelve’, ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’

        78.    George Seaton – ‘Miracle on 34rth Street’, ‘Diamond Horseshoe’

        79.    Warren Beatty – ‘Heaven Can Wait’, ‘Reds’, ‘Dick Tracy’, ‘Bulworth’

        80.    Robert Aldrich – ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’, ‘The Dirty Dozen’, ‘The Longest Yard’, ‘The Frisco Kid’

        81.    Michael Mann – ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, ‘Ali’, ‘Heat’, ‘The Insider’, ‘The Aviator’

        82.    Elia Kazan – ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’, ‘On the Waterfront’, ‘East of Eden’, ’A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘Baby Doll’, ‘America America’

        83.    James Frawley – ‘The Muppet Movie’, (directed many T.V shows including ‘Magnum P.I’, ‘Cagney and Lacey’, ‘Law and Order’, ‘Chicago Hope’, ‘Ally McBeal’)

        84.    John McTiernan Jr. – ‘Predator’, ‘Die Hard’, ‘The Hunt For Red October’, Remakes of; ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Rollerball’

        85.    Peter Bogdanovich – ‘Mask’, ‘To Sir with Love 2’

        86.    Mike Nichols – ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’, ‘The Graduate’, ‘Silkwood’

        87.    Jim Sharman – ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’, ‘Shock Treatment’

        88.    Roman Polanski – ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, ‘Chinatown’, ‘Frantic’, ‘The Pianist’, ‘The Ghost Writer’, ‘Oliver Twist’

        89.    Michael Ritchie – ‘The Bad News Bears’, ‘The Candidate’

        90.    Penny Marshall – ‘Awakenings’, ‘A League of Their Own’, ‘Big’

        91.    Mark Rydell – ‘On Golden Pond’

        92.    Andrew Davis – ‘The Fugitive’, ‘Under Siege’, ‘Above the Law’

        93.    Phillip Noyce – ‘Patriot Games’, ‘Clear and Present Danger’, ‘The Bone Collector’

        94.    Richard Donner – ‘Superman’, ‘Superman 2’, ‘Lethal Weapon’ (1-1V), ‘Scrooged’

        95.    Sydney Pollack – ‘Tootsie’, ‘Absence of Malice’, ‘Out of Africa’, ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’, ‘The Firm’, ‘Sabrina’

        96.    Carl Reiner – ‘The Jerk’, ‘Summer School’, ‘Oh God!’, ‘All of Me’

        97.    John Badham – ‘War Games’, ‘Saturday Night Fever’

        98.    Joel Schumacher – ‘Cousins’, ‘The Lost Boys’, ‘Flatliners’, ‘The Client’, ‘A Time to Kill’, ‘Batman Forever’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’

        99.    Ron Shelton – ‘Bull Durham’, ‘White Men Can’t Jump’, ‘Cobb’

       100.   Mel Brooks – ‘The Producers’, ‘Blazing Saddles’, ‘Young Frankenstein’, ‘History of the World Part One’, ‘Spaceballs’    

   1  Honorable Mention;  Cameron Crowe (Fast Times at Ridgemount High, Almost Famous, Aloha, Jerry McGuire)

Friday, November 6, 2020

The Occupy Movement Revisited Part Two - by Moses

 

  Breakfast in bed for 3 million people.  The next Woodstock.  Three hundred bands playing a concert over a three week period.  In both Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and Woodstock,  New York, U.S.A - 1.5 million fans on each side of the border, broadcast in simultaneous feed to a live Worldwide feed.  Could this occur?


  When all is said and done, the proceeds from this venue would pay for 100 new small communities in each Province, Territory, and Nunuvit across Canada.  200 'Whites', 200 'Blacks', 200 'Asians', and 200 'Natives' totaling 800 people on each small community .  This would build up rural communities and make the rat race disappear for those that want it to disappear.

  Is Canada ready for a population influx?  Wouldn't it be more easily accommodated by building an infrastructure for this purpose?

  The rural pockets to be developed in this context would be thriving Metropolis in the future if done effectively from inception.  A small community of 800 people naturally evolves into a small Township of 5000 people, and finally into a City.

  In the Occupy Movement we could see a Kibbutz type structure.  Free food for everyone.  Free housing, free clothing, minimal pay given at the end of the fiscal year (mind you it's essentially a $5000 bonus for showing up to work through the year), and luxuries added based on the profits of the community/Kibbutz camp (ie. an ampitheatre, a swimming pool, tennis courts etc...).  This was what the Nation of Israel used to build up their country.  

  This would alleviate poor pockets in big cities that exist across Canada today.  The poor would actually see a return for their time.  Work 6 hours a day 5 days a week.  If you work more than 6 hours a day you accumulate time off for the future.  You get paid once a year in a lump sum $5000 tax free, and you're considered paid for your tax return once you sign a yearly contract with the Kibbutz (with a yearly renewal option).  Skills would be taught, and new families started.  This would turn a National unemployment rate of 8% into a rate of an optimum 4% and build families for the future.  Our economy would flourish, and our Nations' young would have a new valuable option to living poor in the big city.  Keep in mind that as the community grows into a Town of 5000 the elder Kibbutz people benefit enormously (with their titles gaining weight every year they're there).  Invaluable work experience and life experience in an environment like this.

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Free-Agent Signing and the new look 2021 Toronto Blue Jays - by Moses


Proposed Free-Agent Signing

Sign Trevor Bauer to a four year deal.  $21 Mil U.S.D/year for a total $84 Mil U.S.D


As a result of the signing here is the 2021 Toronto Blue Jays Pitching Staff;


Starters                                      G  GS QS  CG Sv    IP     H   BB  SO   W   L   E.R.A   Whip

1.  Hyun-jin Ryu (LHP)           32  32   21    3    -   207.1 183   53  177   18   7    2.77      1.13

2.  Trevor Bauer (RHP)           32  32   20    4    -   203.2 150   65  227   17   7    2.47      1.04

3.  Taijuan Walker (RHP)       29  29   15    2    -   181.0 163   44  145   15   8    3.15      1.15

4.  Nate Pearson (RHP)           27  27   13    2    -   162.1 126   44  207   15   4    2.55      1.06        

5.  Robbie Ray (LHP)              27  27   12    1   -    160.2 120   60  205   15   6    3.34      1.14  


Swingmen

1.  Joey Murray (RHP)            33  15   10   1   0    128.0 110   42  129    5   3     3.51     1.20  


Left-handed Pitchers in the 'pen

1.  Ryan Borucki (LHP)           57   -     -      -    2     71.2  61    25  77     2     4   2.53      1.20      

2.  Anthony Kay (LHP)           53   -     -      -     1     57.1  50   17  53      3     3   2.88      1.17                 


7th Inning Men

1.  A.J. Cole (RHP)                   70  -    -      -     2     75.2    67  20  63      5    4  2.76        1.13            

2.  Shun Yamaguchi (RHP)      53  -    -      -     0     62.0   60   21  50      1    3  3.30        1.24   

3.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)                 50  -    -      -     0     54.1   55   17  34      2    3  3.57        1.27 


8th Inning Men

1.  Jordan Romano (RHP)        67  -    -      -    13    72.1   53   13  88      4    1  1.91        0.92             

2.  Anthony Bass (RHP)            61  -    -      -     3     64.2   57   15  65      2    2  2.55        1.10

3.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)                  50  -    -      -     0     54.1   55   17  34      2    3  3.57        1.27    


Closer

1.  Rafael Dolis (RHP)                55  -    -      -    43    57.2  49   15  65       0    3  2.45      1.12           

2.  Jordan Romano (RHP)         67  -    -      -    13    72.1  53   13  88       4    1  1.91      0.92 


Batting Order vs Righties

1.  Cavan Biggio (2B/OF) bats left

2.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right

3.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right

4.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left

5.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (DH/1B) bats right

6.  Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right

7.  Travis Shaw (3B/1B) bats left

8.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right

9.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right


Batting Order vs Lefties                             AB   R   HR  RBI  BB  SO AVG OBP    Slg% OPS          SB   CS

1.  Cavan Biggio (2B/OF) bats left            505 107   21    77    90   120  .289  .390    .487   0.877          44     5  

2.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right          551   88   23    90    53    77   .277  .345    .468   0.813            5      3 

3.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right                   562  117  31   102   47    75   .302  .360     .545  0.905          33     5

4.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (DH/1B) bats right 530 120  45   125   40   118   .323  .383     .679  1.075            1      2

5.  Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right     557  90   44   113   35   130   .255  .313     .557   0.870          12    4   

6.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right     531  93  17     90    40    91    .290  .338     .469   0.807         10    4

7.  Alejandro Kirk (C/DH) bats right       357  38  10     45    30    67    .273  .341     .438   0.779          1      2 

8.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left                   457 105 40   117    72   112   .287  .385      .622  1.007          0     1 

9.  Jonathan Villar (3B/2B/SS) bats both 303  45    7     40    44    65    .263  .345       .369  0.714         30    7


Bench

1.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right                 410  53   12    50   38   55   .263   .335       .420   0.755          0    2    

2.  Travis Shaw (3B/1B) bats left               357  50   23    53   42   60   .270   .339       .497   0.836          1    2

3.  Joe Panik (2B/SS/3B) bats left              221  33    4     31   19   38   .256   .314       .330   0.644          2    1 

4.  Santiago Espinal (2B/SS) bats right     157  17    1     15   10   33   .245   .289       .321   0.610          3    1     

5.  Jonathan Davis (OF) bats right            257  41    7     35   15   31   .275   .325       .378   0.703          7    2

      

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The Toronto Blue Jays and Possible Moves - by Moses

   As I stated in a previous article on the Toronto Blue Jays, I strongly suggested that we should pick up a couple of top three starters in entering the '21 Campaign.  Well Trevor Bauer is looming as one of the hottest pitchers in the free-agent market.  Likely to be a good pitcher for at least another five years, the Blue Jays would be wise in signing him to a multi-year contract.  Say four years at $15 Mil U.S.D/year.  With the additions of the prior trades coming in, that would leave us with seven starting pitchers that most teams would employ as top three starters;

1.  Hyun-jin Ryu (LHP)

2.  Trevor Bauer (RHP)

3.  Corbin Burnes (RHP)

4.  Zach Plesac (RHP)

5.  Taijuan Walker (RHP)

6.  Robbie Ray (LHP)

7.  Nate Pearson (RHP)

  This may seem to be overkill but many teams have adopted the philosophy of having a couple of extra guys on the staff to accommodate any possible injuries over the course of the year (the Dodgers come to mind in this scenario) to their starters.  This isn't even including Matt Shoemaker (and I'm high up on him), or Chase Anderson.  That's how dominating this staff looks on paper. 

  In fact, although we're losing five pitchers to gain two arms (in the article prior's' trades), we're not losing any ground for our projected relief core for the '21 season, and we're picking up two solid starters in the proposed trades in Corbin Burnes and Zach Plesac.  Here is our projected relief core for '21 after the Bauer signing and fulfilling the two trades (in acquiring Burnes and Plesac);


Swingmen

1.  Robbie Ray (LHP)

2.  Nate Pearson (RHP)


Left-handed Specialists

1.  Ryan Borucki (LHP)

2.  Anthony Kay (LHP)

3.  Kirby Snead (LHP)


7th Inning Men

1.  A.J. Cole

2.  Shun Yamaguchi

3.  T.J. Zeuch


8th Inning Men

1.  Jordan Romano

2.  Anthony Bass

3.  Nate Pearson


Closers

1.  Rafael Dolis

2.  Jordan Romano

3.  Anthony Bass 


  If you thought that giving up five arms to make these deals is counter-productive, realize this;  When you can secure 600-700 Innings for your staff (among three starters) this is invaluable to breeding winning organizations.  The interesting placement may be with young phenom Nate Pearson.  Do you let him negotiate his early time in the Majors as a dominant swing-man, or do you let him come in the eighth or ninth to showcase his 103 MPH Fastball?  Plus, the Jays have Joey Murray (RHP), Maximo Castillo (RHP), Nick Allgeyer (LHP), and Simeon Woods-Richardson (RHP) as top prospects to rely on in future years for a deep pitching rotation for years to come alike what the Atlanta Braves had going on for the entire decade of the nineties.