I finally pulled out one of the movies that I purchased a few months ago, but never have gotten around to watching.  (Hey, you have to take advantage of those Amazon specials as they come up.)  The movie was Island in the Sky starring John Wayne.  The film was produced by his production company, Wayne/Fellows Productions, and he is one of the two producers.  The story involves the emergency landing of a World War Two-era Douglas C-47 Skytrain in Labrador due to the buildup of ice on the wings and the search and rescue of the crew members.  It was actually a very riveting film with some amazing photography. 

I’m not your typical John Wayne fan.  I like his films, the ones I’ve seen, but I won’t go out of my way to watch one.  My dad, on the other hand, is a die-hard fan and has most likely seen all of his movies multiple times.  I was very pleased with John’s performance here.  He didn’t portray the character with the usual machismo you normally associate with a John Wayne role.  You saw fear and uncertainty.  It was a great role.  James Arness also starred as well as some relatively unknown actors that would later gain fame through television:  Mike Connors (Mannix) and Fess Parker (Daniel Boone).  Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer also had a small somewhat comedic role as the copilot of one of the rescue aircraft.  This is a film that I would whole heartedly recommend to anyone.

DVD Cover for Island in the Sky

I know.  I really do need to get back to this.  Let me first just say that it’s been a beautiful summer here in Germany, and I’ve been enjoying it.  Ok, so that covers some of the time.  How about I REALLY needed to get caught up on CSY: X?  Yeah, well that’s done too.  So here I am.

I currently feel the need to talk about the newest online service that I discovered recently: MP3tunes.  They offer a service called Locker.  You can either sign up for a free account or a premium service for $39.95 a year.  Since I wanted to test it first, I signed up for the free service which gives me up 2 GB of storage space for my music.  It works well, but since it’s free, you have limited control.  Here’s the process:  download LockerSync and then let it run.  It will find the music on your computer and then upload it to your account.  I really do recommend that you start this process before you go to bed, if you have a large connection.  Then go online and sign into your account.  Voila, you can now listen to your iTunes (or other) collection online.  Why you asked?  It keeps you from having to move your music around with you, and if you work in a place that won’t allow you to bring in an iPod, all you need is a computer account.  The premium service offers much more including a 50 GB storage space.  I think it’s time to see what else this site can provide.