Friday, October 05, 2007
confessions of a movie lover
I never really liked Michael Mann's "Heat." Yeah, the climactic shoot-out is a pretty amazing piece of work, but otherwise...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
oiran around the block
"Sakuran" is a punk-pop mash-up of high visual style and historical drama about a strong-willed woman (Anna Tsuchiya of "Kamikaze...
Saturday, September 08, 2007
so, enough of the silence then
I won't bore you with the whys, but I'm back and here's what's been entertaining me lately.
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Sunday, September 03, 2006
feast for crows
My apologies for the long absence. For various reasons beyond my control, posting has had to take a back seat...
Friday, June 30, 2006
yeah, yeah, I know...
...these things always take longer than you think (or hope) they will. In any case, the novelette is almost done,...
Monday, June 05, 2006
state of the crow
Hey kids, guess what time it is! That's right...
Sorry I've been quiet for the last few weeks....
breath of god
I know it's not in fashion, but I do miss writing like this, from Harry Kleiner's final draft of
Sunday, May 07, 2006
truer words
From Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard:
PLAYER: ...There's a design at work in all art...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
fount of nightmares
Rod Serling quote, from Marc Scott Zicree's excellent Twilight Zone Companion:
"In making a judgement, or...
Thursday, April 27, 2006
beware the girl with long black hair
Been catching up on some of my J-horror over the last few weeks, and I have learned that you could...
Thursday, December 01, 2005
lingering questions
Suits run the world, and as far as most Suits are concerned, a widget is still and ever only a...
choices
Jeffry Wells printed some correspondence I wrote (scroll way down, under the heading "Choices") in response to this...
Friday, November 11, 2005
ink
Tattoo is a clever German thriller that plays like a Warren Ellis screenplay for Basic Instinct filmed in Germany by...