“There’s no such thing as a small part, just small actors.” – Sidney Lumet Being out of town delayed this post by a few days, but when you’ve contributed to American cinema what Sidney Lumet did, an appreciation is better late than never. Non film geeks be warned, I’m going in on this one. […]
I got home crazy late the other night, but thought I would pass on my experiences at this year’s KC FilmFest: It was my first experience in the Power and Light District. I’ve heard good and bad episodes, but my initial expression was being impressed. I walked down the two blocks to see […]
I’ll be boarding the plane shortly to head the hometown soon. The Kansas City Filmfest is this weekend, I’ll be here and there around the AMC Mainstreet Theatre alot. Lady In My Life will be showing Saturday Night at 10 PM in the Mixed Bag section of the Shorts program; the full schedule of […]
I’m good for one wrestling column a year, and Wrestlemania is this weekend, so… The draw this year for Wrestlemania is the return of ‘the People’s Champ’, the Rock, as the host of Wrestlemania (don’t ask what that means exactly, nobody really knows.) Anyway, immediately upon returning, the Rock referenced having a showdown with […]
I’ve got some more information about the screening of ‘Lady In My Life’ at the KC Filmfest: For those interested in attending, it will be part of the ‘Mixed Bag’ group of shorts shown Saturday, April 9th at the AMC Mainstreet. The screening times run from 10 to 11:30 P.M., so you can see […]
I’m a big fan of the movie The Devil’s Advocate, so I was curious to see how The Adjustment Bureau handled it’s take on spirituality (although I’m not sure why these films have to take place in NYC). I thought the trailer was great when I saw it last year, and the movie […]
So what did I end up doing for my birthday (as I’ve been asked repeatedly…) This story starts a couple years back actually when a friend of mine caught on that I had taken an interest in the Beatles’ catalog of music. So he just goes on and on about how he had just come […]
Looking at my ‘to do’ list… 1. Not as young as I used to be, so working on something that I hope will make things easier for the next generation of Muslim-Americans. I haven’t had it so bad really, but it seems like things are moving in the wrong direction, so…I’ll do what I can. […]
What a nice mid week surprise! We missed last year’s deadline, but I was informed today my short “Lady In My Life” will be part of the 2011 Kansas City FilmFest next month. I will be back the first weekend in April to be part of this event, sponsored this year by AMC Theatres. […]
My parents celebrated their anniversary this weekend. I’ve spent more time as of late thinking about both family and marriage. Specifically, how my generation and their generation treats those institutions. On one hand, we get our core values from the people that raised us, right? So from that point of view, marriage obviously still has […]
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