So I’m working on expanding a piece I wrote about Howard Hawks’ Red River, and it’d been awhile since I worked on the piece or saw the film, so I popped on over to Netflix to stream it. Naturally, the system worked fine, but for some reason it was…wait for it…colorized. Why? To what end? … Continue reading
I have to admit that over the last couple of years I have developed a bit of a fascination with the early-to-mid seventies. Part of this I believe has stemmed from the many thrift store runs my wife and I make. I always find myself drawn to things from about the time just before my … Continue reading
Dreams. I rarely remember my dreams. Every now and then images from a dream (or dreams) will linger in my mind. And sometimes these images float around in my cranial nooks and crannies for seconds, minutes, even for years on end; camping out until I discover their hiding places. Then I remember them. Sometimes. On … Continue reading
Earlier today I had my interview with the school that is near where I live. This was truly the make or break job for me. School starts next week, and I was fast running out of time before I was going to have to seek other employment that would be of a much lower pay … Continue reading
An impulse buy because of a teacher, a girl, and a bargain bin.
A member on the message board (Hans Gruber’s Eye Condition!) suggested that I do a blog the next time I went to a Big Lots. The last few times I’ve gone, I haven’t really found anything, but earlier this evening I certainly found something great when Vanessa and I went there to get some supplies … Continue reading
I decided to change it up a bit from writing about my personal life and posting stills that I take from movies (I have WAY too much time on my hands) so I’ve decided to start doing an occasional blog called You Have Got To See This Movie where I do a short review on … Continue reading
The DVD collection next to your television says a lot about you… whether you'd like it to or not.
I have some good news and some bad news – District 9 is at once a whole lot smarter and a whole lot dumber than just about everyone would have you believe. Let’s start with the smart, since co-writer/director/creator Neill Blomkamp does. Yes, the film heavily invokes the apartheid that formally separated blacks from whites … Continue reading
I need some new Mike Patton. Really, it’s been too long. I’ve been playing Peeping Tom over and over again, re-absorbing the whole amazing album and all it’s amalgamations of music, wrapped around the best goddamn voice in the business. But I need more… A Perfect Place is awesome (movie and score incidentally) but it … Continue reading