The curious incident of Tim Curry in the May time
On May 23rd, the world was saddened to learn that Tim Curry had apparently suffered a massive stroke in his California home. While the rumor mill churned out low information, high speculation nuggets...
View ArticleArrested Development is a victim and it’s all YOUR fault
Well, I hope you’re happy. You begged and begged. You signed petitions. You wrote emails. You created “buzz” from the ground up. Finally, you got your wish and the powers that be greenlit an Arrested...
View ArticleAn open letter to M. Night Shyamalan from someone who hasn’t (quite) given up...
Hi M, it’s me again. You know, one of your old fans from the glory days of Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. Remember those days? Man, we were all so young and naive weren’t we? Remember Y2K? LOL....
View ArticleNot in my back yarn! Episode One
Tonight, I am unveiling the first episode of a weekly podcast co-hosted by friend and fellow countryman Mason about storytelling in pop culture. This episode focuses on consistency of character in...
View ArticleMeet World War Z: The summer movie that will do well and still bomb
“Brains”, traditionally what zombies hunger for, are apparently what the filmmakers of Brad Pitt’s latest movie World War Z lack. A movie based off of the ingenious and titillating book by Max Brooks...
View ArticleFeel Good Story: the ASL interpreter at Bonnaroo
Even though I try to be aware of challenges people different from myself experience (even “checking my privilege” here and there), it is to my great shame that I had never really given deaf people’s...
View ArticleNot in my back yarn! Episode 3: Remember “Remember the Titans”?
In this episode of Not in my back yarn! We have a very special guest in the form of our good friend Dan LaBrecque. We talk movies. What makes a movie memorable? What are the things that keep us coming...
View ArticleHow true to life is the movie version of “The Conjuring”
This weekend, I took time out of my busy schedule of channel surfing and checking twitter to watch “The Conjuring”, the latest in a string of “based on true events” exorcism movies that have been...
View ArticleOver-analyzing the rap game: Kendrick Lamar is a Kardashian
If you’ve been on social media recently you will have noticed that the rap world is in Game of Thrones level turmoil. Headlines abound. Kendrick Lamar blasts other rappers. Kendrick Lamar scorches...
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