Cats was a movie I didn’t know I needed until I saw it. I was excited as I told my plan to my wife. It’s New Year’s Eve, we should end 2020 in the most 2020 way possible, by finally watching the movie that everyone agreed was a disaster. I was impressed with my own … Continue reading On Cats – Yes, the Movie
Category: movies
On Reviewing The Matrix
Honestly, I love movies, but I’m not much interested in writing film reviews. Not that they’re not worth writing - just that there are plenty of that kind of writing to go around. If you think of any movie, someone out there has described it, told you whether you should like it, and we’ve all … Continue reading On Reviewing The Matrix
Newsletter: October 1, 2020
Hello, innocent bystander. This is either my attempt at contributing something positive in These Trying Times, or it’s me finally cracking up. Either way, thanks for being here to witness whatever this is. I want to add a little light, a little levity, in what are at best uncertain times. Yes, I am a hero. So, … Continue reading Newsletter: October 1, 2020
On The Alamo Drafthouse Season Pass
It seems I can’t get enough of movies passes. The Alamo Drafthouse Season Pass is my third try at making a movie pass part of my monthly outgoings, and my third failure. But, let me start with this: The Alamo Drafthouse (AD) pass is by far the most positive experience I’ve had so far. I … Continue reading On The Alamo Drafthouse Season Pass
On Jesus of Montreal
In my mid-teens, these are the things I used to prove that I was cooler than you (despite so much evidence to the contrary): A copy of Plato’s Republic (library copy, largely unread and definitely not understood) that I carried everywhere, including to my first ever date.My love for the movie Jesus of Montreal. Or, … Continue reading On Jesus of Montreal
Monroe?
If this is someone showing what Marlene Dietrich would look like disguised as Marilyn Monroe, then well done. If not, then not.
A Few of My Favorite Things
I'm a compulsive list writer. I write lists for everything - favorite books and movies, obviously. But lists of bad movies too. And a timeline of my life (under construction...my memory is really working against me there...). I have a shitlist, so I can remember the names of the truly terrible people in this world. … Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Things
On Dunkirk
When you’ve sat through enough creative-writing seminars, read enough how-to-write books, and listened to enough lectures, it becomes very clear that we can all agree on one thing: the “realism” of stories isn’t the same thing as real life – and it wasn’t meant to be. When we compliment a writer for their “realistic” dialogue, … Continue reading On Dunkirk
On Wondering What’s Wrong with Certain Superhero Movies
There’s a list going around on the internet about signs of growing fascism. I mention this here because, well, I have concerns about an especially popular children’s movie. I’m not saying that the movie is fascist; I’m just saying that it’s a movie that fascists could certainly get behind. The basic plot of this movie goes … Continue reading On Wondering What’s Wrong with Certain Superhero Movies
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns was the last film I saw in 2018 and it became a surprise entry into my list of favorite films of the year. I didn’t really have particularly high hopes going in, and if it hadn’t had Lin-Manuel Miranda in it, I probably wouldn’t have bothered. But there I was. And my … Continue reading Mary Poppins Returns
Small Change on Strangers 