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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]