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Revisiting the Temple of Doom
SEQUELS LIKE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK set us up for a fall, I’m afraid. Empire is a classic example of second-movie-is-brilliant syndrome. Taken part-to-whole, one might think that most sequels (especially #2 in a series) are as good or better than … Continue reading
Doctor Who Now?
IT’S DOCTOR WHO DAY in Great Britain. Twitter is abuzz with comments from those eagerly awaiting the beginning of Doctor Who series seven tonight (which is almost now in Hawaii time). It’s been a good while since the end of … Continue reading
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Donald Miller and Revisiting Your Storyline
THE MISSION OF DONALD MILLER has definitely evolved over the last ten years, yet the seeds of “telling a good story with your life” can be found at least as far back as Blue Like Jazz. Starting next week, Miller … Continue reading
Love Stories, Ghost Stories, and David Foster Wallace
I HAD FORGOTTEN that a full-length biography of David Foster Wallace was on the way. I’m not as much of a fan as DFW as I should be: I have yet to read my way through Infinite Jest. But I’ve … Continue reading
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Listening to LOST
I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LOST A LOT LATELY. The reasons are various and sundry, from the release of LOST music for piano to always thinking about watching the series over from the beginning to reflecting on that part of life … Continue reading
There are Perks to Being a Wallflower?
THE TRUTH IS, I SHOULD HAVE READ THE BOOK YEARS AGO. Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been a critical (and criticized) favorite for over a decade. I’d seen it and heard of it for most of … Continue reading
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Raiding the Lost Ark . . . Again
I SUPPOSE MOVIE RE-RELEASES have been around for a long time, which is easy to forget. Disney used to re-release some of their classics every few years. Cult-classic movies often get art house showings. And now that Blu-Ray is a … Continue reading
Brand Name Theologians
SOME TIME AGO I was grabbing lunch with a co-worker down at Subway. We were talking about the book that I had gotten him, the most recent book by N. T. Wright. Another guy in the line overheard our conversation. … Continue reading
Stay Young, Listen to Death Cab
ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT I’ll be enjoying the live sounds of Death Cab for Cutie. I’ve been a fan since I came across Plans a few years ago, back when Tower Records was perched on one corner of Kahala Mall. … Continue reading
Gotye One-Ups Everybody
THERE WAS A MOMENT IN TIME when Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” was fresh and new. Then came the remixes on the radio and the remakes on YouTube. I even posted one here a few weeks ago, “The … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 