A quick one today, mostly because I’m getting ready to move across the country on Thursday and the ball-dripping heat here has me lethargic. Paul Newman may have cancer, Patrick Swayze does have cancer (not today’s news, obviously) and Martin Bashir has a tuma’. These news items make me sad inside and get me feeling … Continue reading
It often seems like life is just too fast-paced for our own good anymore, and that everything has become a rat race. And it occurred to me that even the moviegoing experience has been tainted by this, to some extent. What got me started on this train of thought was looking in my local newspaper … Continue reading
Introductions are tricky. The very best introduction I’ve ever had to anything was my introduction to Dr Pepper. The first marriage between my lips and the sweetness of batch 23 Dr Pepper…that’s a moment. That’s a point in time where things just seemed to work. Dr Pepper is no longer available in my town as … Continue reading
As the old adage in Hollywood goes, “You’re only as good as your last movie.†It’s a sad, harsh reality that plenty of actors are forced to contend with. Some are deserving of what comes their way, others not so much. Because of this, I frequently catch myself thinking about films that helped shape who … Continue reading
So, I’m in this theater company, and after rehearsals someone inevitably asks: “What movie are we going to watch?” This question becomes a taxing debate and leads to an interminable weighing of options. Seriously, we once spent 15 minutes deciding whether to watch House of Wax (with the Hottie) or Gregg Araki’s Smiley Face (most of … Continue reading
I’m the guy at DVDActive.com that gets all of Lionsgate DVD and Blu-Ray discs for review. And let me be clear that when I say all of them, I really mean all of them, despite the fact that I’ve sent several E-Mails stating that I have no want or time to review workout videos or … Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon my wife and I attended a luncheon at the parochial school where she teaches. The event, which we helped to arrange, was to honor twelve distinguished former students and faculty members. One of the honorees was a woman who had served at the school for thirty-four years and was beloved by both kids … Continue reading
Why xbox 360 may be both the worst and the best
After Andre’s slight takedown of Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous”, I realized I would have to push up my blog on his most recent film. I vividly remember when Crowe took “Elizabethtown” – an extended cut of it – to the Toronto Film Festival and, due to the heavily-mixed reactions, he promptly left town. What we … Continue reading
If you found your way to this site, that means you’re probably lost. But stay anyway, huh? Think of it like you’re Sean Penn in U Turn and your car just died in a lousy town and you’re stuck. You don’t have to stay here for days or God forbid, talk to Jon Voight, but … Continue reading