Rightwing Surrender Monkeys God, how much cognitive dissonance can the right bear? Last week, al Qaeda endorsed John McCain, and now… now… the Bush administration is waving a white flag of surrender and appeasing the Taliban! Say it ain’t so, George… Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that the Bush administration, with General Petraeus’s support, plans … Continue reading
Musical pics for a dark and enjoyably creepy autumn.
Hello good people of the world. Today I begin a new “series.” This is meant mainly for friends and will most likely be excruciating for most other people as it will deal primarily with my pointless musings on life. An open diary if you will… So, feel free to skip right past these entries. Unless … Continue reading
Quick setup so this doesn’t seem totally insane – I wrote this for a class given this basic instruction, taken from Christian Keathley’s 2006 book Cinephilia and History, or The Wind in the Trees: “Select a detail from a movie…it should not be obviously symbolic, and the purpose to which you put it should not … Continue reading
I’m not plagued by all too many irrational fears. Some people are afraid of dogs, or spiders, or clowns. Not my issue. I feel kind of lucky that way. In about three decades, I have probably had exactly that many irrational fears, and I eventually found a way to defeat them all. Here’s … Continue reading
Surprisingly enough, it’s as if this happens in waves. Every few weeks, I get a rash of people informing me that I look like David Spade. If it’s not David Spade it’s Luke Skywalker or (once or twice) James McAvoy. But I only get McAvoy if I’m biting my lower lip and squinting my eyes. … Continue reading
Savannah Film Fest 2008: Day One Well, our little festival got off with a fuckin’ bang, that’s for sure. Tonight’s film was (as I’ve mentioned way too many times in way too many places) The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky’s (Pi, Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain) newest opus. Review of that is below, so if … Continue reading
Unless you live under a rock, you have heard about the economic crisis the United States, and therefor the rest of the world, is under. That it is happening is no real surprise to me. This was not caused by any one person or entity. I can go into great detail why I think the … Continue reading
Gather round my children, and let me tell you a tale. A tale of the time that I met the greatest filmmaker to ever work (ever). It was a cold, wet 28th of October, in the year of our lord 2007 and my compatriots and I sat shivering outside of the Trustees Theater in Savannah, … Continue reading
As is usually the case when a film becomes incredibly popular, pale imitations soon follow. And while there are numerous titles one could run off the top of their head to prove such a point, in my eyes, one reigns supreme. In 1982, Steven Spielberg achieved universal acclaim with E.T., the seminal film for many … Continue reading