The Tower of Babel

It’s not like it never happens. It happens all the time. We just never notice. Well, most of us never notice. On the other hand, were more of us proficient in other languages, we would be far more indignant about the sheer volume of cases of incorrect subtitling that occur on a film-by-film basis. But, [...]

Curtain Call

I have a bone to pick. And there is a hellovalot of marrow inside so…watch out. Look, I know the economy sucks. I know prices of things have gone up substantially in the last 10+ years. And furthermore, I know that changes in technology have gifted us with the wondrous ability to have more things [...]

Happy Birthday Bill!!!

Right-o, since I’m still a-workin’ on somethin’ bigger, and the inimitable James Tiberius Kirk/Denny Crane/Man who had the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet/Priceline Negotiator, etc CLEARLY takes precedence ANYWAY….Have at it. Happy 78th birthday to the one…the only….William Alan Shatner. Plus I shall give you Henry Rollins on his experience recording with Bill…. And some puppets [...]

My time in a Dublin Police Station…

Y’know, traveling is a fun AND a funny thing. You get to have all KINDS of experiences. ESPECIALLY on holidays. Especially on HOLIDAYS in FOREIGN COUNTRIES. So St. Patrick’s Day has a long and involved history, right? Involving religion, and snakes, and all sorts of fun stuff. But to a few 20-21 year old kids [...]

Are you down with the sickness?: In a Lonely Place and Modern Traumas

Interesting times right now, I have to say.  And the synergy of my film viewing and the world at large is not going unnoticed by this rabid cinephile. Tonight I went to the Silent Movie Theater to see In a Lonely Place, a film that I fell in love with back in college at UCSC, [...]

A taste of things to come….

So I’m working on something really interesting and personal and wonderful. I am very excited about it.  It’s totally in the editing process, & it’s saved as a draft here on my “dashboard” and it will be getting published up here by the end of the weekend.  That is my plan, anyways. BUT, as a [...]