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The Emotional Make-Up of Muppets
ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS of last year’s The Muppets movie (and there were many), was the song between Walter and Gary, “Man or Muppet.” It was an Oscar-winning song (admittedly in a slow music year), but it was also … Continue reading
A Titanic Movie I Might Actually See
with apologies to Kathy I HOLD IT AS A PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT that I have not seen the movie Titanic. It’s just one of those things, really, that you make a “cause” out of almost after the fact. I never had any … Continue reading
Telling Stories Again
TAKING GOOD MOVIES FOR GRANTED is easy in the winter months, when the Oscar race is heating up and so many major artists have great working coming to the silver screen. In the glut of greatness, some films go unnoticed, … Continue reading
The Hunger Games and the Importance of Story
I SAW a former student in the theater lobby in my way to see The Hunger Games. When her mother asked if I had read the books, the graduate proudly proclaimed that I was the kind of reader “who didn’t … Continue reading
Two Things I Learned On Jump Street
MORE GOES ON in the newest iteration of 21 Jump Street than car chases, drug busts, and shoot outs. The show-now-movie has at least two interesting ideas that it plays around with that struck me as well-handled after viewing. The … Continue reading
Spring Sprang Sprung
JUST BECAUSE you have two weeks off for spring break doesn’t mean every day feels like “spring break.” While I’ve enjoyed each day of my break so far, a good bit of each day has gone to more serious, solitary, … Continue reading
After the Academy Awards
THE ACADEMY AWARDS have been over and done for a few days now, and I’ve not said much about them. Most of my friends these days aren’t all that into the movies. (It’s like that weird moment when you realize … Continue reading
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Shades of Blue
OVERLAP between two of my favorite websites or areas of interest can be fairly rare. Sure, the genre of LOST makes it a little more likely to have shown up on a “comic book” website, but it’s almost unheard of … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 