Just watched it–for the first time, if you can believe it. And it blew me away. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xuugq7fito&w=420&h=315] The trailer doesn’t come close to capturing the mood of the film, but nothing could really. After the movie ended, even going to find the trailer on YouTube seemed like an assault to my senses. I try to … Read more
Reading: Just finished Jay Antani’s The Leaving of Things, about a young Indian man who has spent most of his life in Wisconsin but is forced to return to India with his family when his father takes a job there. It’s set in the 80s, and really manages to evoke time and place, mostly in … Read more
Currently there are four seasons of Mad Men on Netflix. I’ve always figured it would be one of those series that would be fun to plow through hours at a time when the opportunity presented itself, and with my recent illness and end of my writing project, I thought the time was right. I’m halfway … Read more
(This is a pretty boring post with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT buried about halfway through. I’ll TYPE IN CAPS when we get to it, so you can skim without fear of missing it.) Did I mention Paul got in a accident and totaled one of our cars? That happened. A few weeks ago. Everyone is fine, … Read more
You may remember that last weekend I was excited to see Prometheus. I saw it. I became less excited. I could tell you why–but I could not tell you why as articulately and entertainingly as does the Hinx Minx in her review. I was also excited to see Safety Not Guaranteed, by the Duplass brothers, … Read more
We have tickets to see Prometheus. I’m excited. I haven’t even watched a trailer for it yet–so it will be completely new.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU] I’m also excited to see this move, because I am a big fan of anything Duplass. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jSnAs7mq8]
Paul continues to work with his editor Adam to get a locked cut of the Rock Jocks–the film he wrote and directed. There are still many things to be done, like sound mixing, music, special effects etc, before the latest deadline for Sundance at the end of September. But this week he took a few … Read more
Went to a screening of Cowboys and Aliens the other night, fortunately for free. I’m sure many others are saying most of what I can think of to say. Instead I’ll do you a favor and say this: If you are thinking about going to see Cowboys and Aliens, go see Attack the Block instead. … Read more
I’ve been looking forward to this film, because of the stellar cast, and the awesome trailer, sowent to see it last night with “the girls.” And the verdict is that it was … fun and heartwarming and a tiny bit sad. As my friend Nikki said, it wasn’t as good as the trailer (what could … Read more