Oscar 2018
It’s Oscar nominations morning once again, and the big story, from a personal standpoint, is that I’ve actually seen the movies this year! No more Well, I’ve seen two Best […]
Tag Archives: Paul Thomas Anderson
My 25 Favorite Movie Endings
Film writers like to use a metaphor from sports to describe the importance and difficulty of ending a movie well: “sticking the landing.” All the goodwill a movie builds up […]
Oscar 2015
We’re back in that somewhat frustrating pocket of time between the Academy Awards nominations announcement and the actual ceremony. Current frontrunners can easily lose steam between now and February 22. […]
My Most Anticipated 2014 Movies
Another year has gone by. I’ve done significantly better with my “most anticipated” list for this year than the previous one. As of my writing this, I’ve seen eight out […]
Facebook Links #4
I’ve selected eight of the most interesting online articles I shared to Facebook in June and July of this year. Cited below are excerpts that give a little more information […]
My Favorite Movies: Magnolia
“We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.” At first, that statement feels like a threat. As if all the terrible things that have […]
How YouTube Became My TV
Like Twitter, and basically all of the most popular websites on the Internet, YouTube has developed a reputation as a time-waster. I believe that reputation is well-earned. The voting of […]
What I Read the Week of November 18
Not much this time around. This is a little embarrassing, but I’m already a little tired of doing these. They take up time that could be spent writing my own […]
What I Read the Week of September 9
I hate to backtrack, but this will have to be a biweekly feature for the time being. Just like when I was doing the “words” posts every week, it makes […]
5 Film Characters That Speak to Me
One of the greatest and most essential pleasures of moviegoing is identification with the characters on the screen. If such identification doesn’t happen, even a great story can only be […]
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