Jim Murray

2 years ago ·

Post by Jim
>
Couch Potato Chronicles Dec 22/21

Couch Potato Chronicles Dec 22/21

DARK WATERS
(2 SPUDS...ON PRIME)

WIKI BLURB A 2019 American legal thriller film directed
by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Mat-
thew Michael Carnahan The story dramatizes Robert
Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corpora-
tion DuPont after they contaminated a town with un-
regulated chemicals It stars Mark Rutfalo as Bilott, along
with Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor
[FA ER Te LER ETE SSR Evert AeTat|
Bill Pullman

MY BLURB This movie 1s a lot like the Juha Roberts
movie, Enn Brockovich, with Mark Ruffalo as a corporate
defense lawyer who talks his firm into going after the
DuPont Chemical company for their horrendous illegal
BT RR Rd RA CS a Te Sh
seventies

Mark Ruffalo, who also producer on this film, was a
good choice as the young lawyer who methodically puts
his case together to help the residents of a town in West
NR LE ATR A Gere RTT

A RR ERT ra Lr grey
corps in America have to basically do whatever the hell
they want as long as the right people are paid off and
the community they are polluting doesn’t have the
financial ability to defend itself

As a movie, this 1s dramatic but fairly slow paced,
because the story 1s about one man’s marathon race to
Tr LR Rr Ru

OUCH POTATC
CHRONICLES

Copyright 2021. Jim Murray, MurMarkeung

RATING SYSTEM

[RV PVT
1 SPUD .. NOTHING SPECIAL
2 SPUDS .. WORTH WATCHING
3 SPUDS .. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Comments

More posts from Jim Murray

View posts
1 day ago

Touch & Go

Jim Murray ·

2 weeks ago

I used to be a poet

Jim Murray ·

1 month ago

Poem for a Thursday

Jim Murray ·

Articles from Jim Murray

View blog
1 year ago · 4 min. reading time

(This is from my Couch Potato Chronicles column Circa 2000 AD.) · We’re having the worst snow storm ...

1 year ago · 2 min. reading time

(I wrote this post after the 2016 election and updated it after the 2020 election. Sad to say these ...

3 months ago · 1 min. reading time

1. The quality of your life is only what you make it. We all have the ability to live like good huma ...

Related content

7 years ago

Jim Murray

Sunday…A Day Of Rest…What A Concept

If you were raised the North American, as I was, Sunday was always seen as a day of rest. · You’d go to church, say hello to the people you only saw once a week take the kids somewhere for brunch and then hunker down to watch whatever was going on sports wise, have a big dinner, ...

7 years ago

Jim Murray

The Couch Potato Chronicles: Alive and Buzzing Periodically On BeBee.

In 1998, there was no such thing as social media in the way we know it today. But there was media and it was social. · It was email. Everybody I knew had it and we communicated regularly with it. · Since I was the guy who was the most plugged into movies and TV, my friends would ...

7 years ago

Jim Murray

The Couch Potato Chronicles–Friday Triple Play

The Couch Potato Chronicles is an irregularly scheduled feature of my blogging effort here on beBee. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together. If you like it share it. If you want to argue or just tell me how great you think I am for doing this for you, ...

7 years ago

Jim Murray

The Fine Art Of Coaching Yourself – Self Satisfaction.

This may or may not be the first in a series of posts on being your own coach. We’ll see how it goes. · I’ve been a professional writer all my adult life and one of the most important things I have learned is never to be 100% satisfied with anything you have done. · It Can Always ...

7 years ago

Jim Murray

The Couch Potato Chronicles - Notes On The Democratic Convention

Canadians like me, who grew up in border towns, (Fort Erie), have a special relationship with the United States. · All the television we got back in the fifties and sixties were the American networks. We did most of our shopping and hanging out in Buffalo, because when I was a ki ...

7 years ago

Jim Murray

Chasing Your Dream Without Having It Turn Into A Nightmare

A while ago I wrote a piece entitled ‘The Inherent Value of Doing Nothing. · https://www.bebee.com/producer/@jim-murray/the-inherent-value-of-doing-nothing · This was essentially a treatise born out of the extreme fatigue that comes from packing up your life and moving it 70 mile ...

Related professionals

You may be interested in these jobs

  • Yves R. Hamel et Associés

    Junior and Intermediate Engineers

    Found in: Talent CA C2 - 2 days ago


    Yves R. Hamel et Associés Montreal, Canada

    Junior and Intermediate Engineers (Telecommunications) · YRH, a dynamic telecommunications and broadcasting engineering consulting firm, is looking for dedicated, determined, team-players for full-time positions at the Montreal office. YRH is an equal-opportunity employer and inv ...

  • Minazali Chatur

    housekeeper

    Found in: Talent CA 2 C2 - 1 day ago


    Minazali Chatur Edmonton, Canada

    Education: · Expérience: · Education · No degree, certificate or diploma · Work setting · Work in employer's/client's home · Tasks · Sweep, mop, wash and polish floors · Dust furniture · Vacuum carpeting, area rugs, draperies and upholstered furniture · Make beds and change she ...

  • The Engineering Institute of Canada

    Engineering Technician

    Found in: Talent CA C2 - 4 days ago


    The Engineering Institute of Canada Mississauga, Canada

    Responsibilities : Assist in the design and development of new products or product improvements · Conduct tests and experiments to gather data and analyze results · Assist with the fabrication and assembly of prototype parts and systems · Perform routine maintenance and calibrat ...