Brendan M. Leonard
Brendan M. Leonard (posting on the boards as RathBandu) blogs for CHUD because he has no life and nobody in the Catskills wants to talk movies. He does not watch Battlestar Galactica. 
Blogs by this Author
Call It, Friendo
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 04/5/2008
A few weeks ago I was talking to my old man, telling him about some of the things I have going on. He wrote back that he didn't know how I managed to find time to watch a movie a day and still do all ...
The Sayles Sojourn: Alligator (1980) and The Howling (1981)
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 02/18/2008
I'll be honest: Monster movies have never really been my thing. I enjoy them from time to time, but I don't have the love for them -- or for horror in general -- that most geeks do. So I was pretty su...
Some Thoughts On Jules Dassin at 1 AM
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 02/18/2008
News flash: It is harder to write about Alligator and The Howling than I thought. Plus, with the Secaucus 7 DVD having Sayles commentary, I know I'll be watching that twice before writing about it. (T...
Not Even Famous
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 02/17/2008
Been a while since I've written one of these; I kind of feel like I should make them count, so I really don't post unless I have something to say. There are many things I want to talk about -- how Zac...
The Worst Show On Television
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 02/6/2008
The past couple of days I've been sick, and, since I've gone through all my DVDs from Netflix for the time being (the ones that I can process in my five-seconds-from puking state, anyway), I've been w...
The Sayles Sojourn: The Lady In Red (1979)
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 02/3/2008
Why John Sayles? I'll make this quick: In August, I wrote and
directed an independent film. It wasn't my first screenplay -- I've
been doing that since sixth grade -- but it was the first time I man...
Film Forum's Massive United Artists Retrospective
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 01/30/2008
I turned 24 on Monday, and decided to celebrate by heading down to New York City for a couple of days. When people always ask me where I'm from, I say I'm from there. It's bogus, I know, and in violat...
The Wire: Grace After Midnight (Snoop's Memoir)
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 01/26/2008
As I write this, Senator Barack Obama has just won the South Carolina Primary. I know this because he sends me e-mails, and just once, I'd appreciate it if the guy personalized them like this:"Dear Br...
Henry VIII Has A Posse (The Tudors, Episodes 1 & 2)
- By Brendan M. Leonard
- Published 01/25/2008
The best teacher I ever had was my high school history teacher, Doc Worthington. Obsession with all things Braveheart aside, Doc taught us that history was not just a series of events, but a successio...