Hot Stuff
A short divertissement for summer
Because it is still summer.
In fact it was so hot, a few nights ago, that I watched Body Heat.
Neo-noir for the Reagan era, Double Indemnity revisited, Kathleen Turner and William Hurt alight with chemistry, a fabulous early cameo from Mickey Rourke and an even more fabulous turn from Ted Danson.
I watched it because I had the urge to watch something in wh…
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