Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 2 - January 9, 2020 Inside This Issue Calendar of Events.............3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................6 Classifieds............................4 Entertainment......................2 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne............................3 Lawndale..............................4 Inglewood.............................5 Legals.................................6,7 Pets........................................8 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 65˚/48˚ Saturday Sunny 63˚/47˚ Sunday Sunny 63˚/47˚ Lawndale Tribune AND lAwNDAle News Hawthorne Press Tribune Featuring the Weekly Newspapers of Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lawndale SBWIB Hosts South Bay Job Fair On December 27th, South Bay Workforce Investment Board Partnered with Centinela Valley Union High School District to Present the Second Annual Career Fair for High School Students Visit www.sbwib. org for more available services. Photo by SBWIB 6 Great Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen By Pete Whalon The following is a public service for those who love great movies and are not opposed to watching a flick that was made more than six months ago. There are so many fantastic movies available on DVD that I’m sure 80% of the viewing public has never had the pleasure to watch. Below is a synopsis of six films from the past you probably missed. Do yourself a favor and get your hands on these classics soon. Don’t let the year of their release scare you--an unforgettable movie is timeless! 1. The Last Detail--1973-Jack Nicholson. Two bawdy, tough looking navy lifers - “Bad- Ass” Buddusky, and “Mule” Mulhall - are commissioned to escort a young pilferer named Meadows to the brig in Portsmouth. Meadows is not much of a thief. Indeed, in his late teens, he is not much of a man at all. His great crime was to try to steal forty dollars from the admiral’s wife’s pet charity. For this, he’s been sentenced to eight years behind bars. At first, Buddusky and Mulhall view the journey as a paid vacation, but their holiday spirits are quickly depressed by the prisoner, who looks prepared to break into tears at any moment. And he has the lowest self-image imaginable. Buddusky gets it into his head to give Meadows a good time and teach him a bit about getting on in the world. Lesson one: Don’t take every card life deals you. Next, he teaches Meadows to drink, and, as a coup de grace, finds a nice young whore to instruct him in lovemaking. Mule, who worries aloud about his own position with military authority, seems pleased with Meadows’s progress. However, when the trio reach Portsmouth, the game comes abruptly to an end as reality sets in. 2. Lost in America--1985-Albert Brooks- Julie Hagerty: David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives travelling around America...in a Winnebago! (This is a kind of large, luxurious mobile home which suits a 1980’s yuppie more than the counterculture dropout approach of Easy Rider.) His idealized, unrealistic plans soon begin to go spectacularly wrong. 3. Emperor of the North-1973-Lee Marvin- Ernest Borgnine: It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Those people, commonly called “hobos”, are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical railway conductor who swore that no hobo will ride his train for free. Well, no-one but “A” Number One (Lee Marvin), who is ready to put his life at stake to become a local legend - as the first person who survived the trip on Shack’s notorious train. 4. Twelve Angry Men-1957-Henry Fonda: The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors’ prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room. There is also a 1997 remake with Jack Lemmon and George C Scott that is almost as good. 5. Taking Chance (A HBO movie)-2008- Kevin Bacon: Inspired by the true story of the United States Marine who volunteered to escort the remains of a nineteen year old soldier who was killed in Iraq to his small hometown in remote Wyoming, Taking Chance stars Kevin Bacon in the feature directorial debut of Oscar-nominated producer Ross Katz. Lance Corporal Chance Phelps (USMC) was just nineteen years old when he was killed during active duty. Now, as Lance Corporal Phelps is prepared for his final journey back home, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl (USMC) (Bacon) makes it his personal mission to ensure that his fallen brother is laid to rest with the proper respect. As the journey begins, Lieutenant Colonel Strobl gains a greater appreciation of the sacrifices made in war than ever before. Have a box of tissue close! 6. The Jericho Mile (a USA Channel Movie)- 1979-Peter Strauss: Rain Murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near-isolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for freetime. While his form and speed capture the attention of prison officials who believe he could be competitive for the Olympics, Murphy expresses disinterest. But when the one man he has befriended is taken advantage of by political groups within the prison, Murphy decides to pursue the opportunity presented to him in his memory. This action not only has profound changes on him, but also on the atmosphere of the inmates in the prison and their outlook on the accomplishments he can make. I truly wish I could erase my memory of these films so I could once again watch them for the first time. •
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