Published December 16th, 2009 at 1:46 pm in exposition, movies, writing with Comments
Tagged with 2wkfilms, film, galactus, tumblr, twitter, welcome back kotter
I’m sitting here, drinking a cup of Gold Kili instant Chocolate Latte which, frankly, tastes in the neighborhood of chocolate but nothing near a latte, and I’m wondering about this impromptu seven month hiatus I’ve found myself on. There must be a reason, right? Some deep movement in my emotional, sub-conscious tectonic core? No… At least, I don’t think so. That’s the short answer. I have longer answers, of course.
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Published May 26th, 2009 at 11:17 am in commentary, movies with Comments
Tagged with great man theory, helena bonham carter, lord humongous, master blaster, mcgyver, michael biehn, michael ironsides, richard dean anderson, salvation, save the cat, star trek, tango & cash, terminator
Bless me, readers, for I have sinned. It’s been a month since my last confession. Over a month, actually, but what a busy, busy month it’s been. I’m still chewing over my Cannes 2009 experience- the meat of it still churning slowly through my digestive tract. In the meantime, over the long weekend, I watched Terminator: Salvation and could only conclude my viewing with a single thought: when did John Connor become a complete and monstrous prick?
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Published April 13th, 2009 at 11:28 am in exposition, movies, podcasts, writing with Comments
Tagged with cannes 2009, mads mikkelsen, severed ways, the power of freedom, vikings, willy wonka
Things have been quiet lately around here, the sort of eerie quiet that inspires tales of death or, in my case, extreme apathy. However, in this particular case, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, things are slogging steadily ahead here at Terwilliger HQ. Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory after Slugworth’s betrayal, the gates are closed but the chimneys, productively and, perhaps, ominously, are still billowing with a hidden feverish activity.
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