Left-leaning Hollywood has done as much to undermine tolerance in this country as the Christian Right it so often seeks to pillory. The standard romantic comedy cements puritanical views of [...]
If Americans came with user-care manuals, the section on feeding would be reduced to a sidebar… 1) Open mouth; 2) Shovel in crap. Heck, my friends spend more time, money and consideration [...]
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) boasts 268 features. You can’t see them all. Who would want to? (I do. It’s my job.) However, this abundance of options can be [...]
The old saw goes: Children should be seen, not heard. Some young filmmakers, apparently, have a similar regard for actors. Thus was born Mumblecore? Well, not exactly, but this American [...]
I don’t care who sits in the director’s chair as long as she or he knows what they’re doing. Apparently, Hollywood is not so open-minded.. nor open-walleted. Opportunities for filmmakers [...]
Some folks call me a film snob. I don’t deign speak to them. Truth is, I love a commercial, Hollywood flick as long as it is properly executed. (In the [...]
If you must paraphrase FORREST GUMP, please consider: ”Love is like a box of chocolates.” Sadly, most Americans have undiscriminating sweet teeth, content to snack on milk chocolate, the cocoa [...]
I’ve got a face for radio, a voice for reason and a body built for sin… though not the good kind of sin, I was thinking more like sloth. But [...]