Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious thing as evidenced by … Continue reading
I wish I had a way for you to see John Connolly talk and answer questions in person. He is an extremely charismatic and charming man, full of energy and stories. He talks like he writes and that makes meeting him all the more interesting. He clearly loves being a writer and connecting with his … Continue reading
"I make my films like you’re going to *die* if you miss the next minute." If there’s a finer encapsulation of the experience of watching an Oliver Stone film, I haven’t heard it. Love him or hate him (and no major American director has fewer in-betweens than perhaps Spike Lee), there is no denying the … Continue reading
Sometimes you don’t know you’re even in the mood for a snack until you come across one.
The last two films I saw in the theater are oddly familiar in a few aspects and the response I’ve noticed to them represent how weird this world of cinema is and how a few tonal decisions can take two different yet similar films and create such an impasse between them. Additionally, the one I … Continue reading
Uwe Boll is happier than any man has a right to be. The Teutonic wonder of directing carved 20 minutes or so out of his busy schedule to talk with me, and while we went all over his career and his critics, I was struck by how gosh darn plucky the guy seems. His infamous … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious thing as evidenced by the … Continue reading
The screenings are coming fast and furious, and speaking of coming fast and furious…adolescent boys. Daniel Radcliffe plays one of ’em in his "breakaway from Harry Potter" flick December Boys, and yes, some onscreen virginity is lost. In between, he smokes, drinks, and gets to know Australia, where this baby was filmed. Granted, this is … Continue reading
Ok, folks…this one’s a rather hot, just-in bit of niceness. In the Valley of Elah, despite Beaks’ lukewarmness, is a fairly well-regarded piece of personal and political turmoil courtesy of one Paul Haggis, the guy behind Crash. Normally, I go in much more detail, but I aint seen it, and I wanna make sure that … Continue reading
This game started my lifelong awe at the unstoppable (almost) power of pterodactyls.