How timely. I mean, it’s always been a ripe issue for the movies (going back to ‘Citizen Kane’), but as social media has become a perfect tool for forcing the issue, it’s really become a hot debate: who decides what is ‘newsworthy’? And from there: where’s the line between reporting/documenting what you see, and creating/instigating the […]
Yikes… That’s a pretty good one word reaction to Gone Girl, right? Trading notes with my male friends, it’s definitely up there with Fatal Attraction and Unfaithful on that ‘Married Man Worst Fear’ list. What can I say without spoiling the film? If you’re a David Fincher fan, I can’t imagine you will be disappointed. I’m reminded again he’s on […]
‘Editing is that moment when you give up every hope you have of making a great piece of art and you have to settle with what you have.’ – Woody Allen To any of ‘the Commission’ reading this, don’t take that quote too literally. ‘Holiday Project’ is in good shape. But personally I’m starting […]
So here’s the disclaimer, since I haven’t said this publicly in a couple years: whatever DC and/or Warner Brothers do now, I’m OK with it. The genius Christopher Nolan has already told my story better than I could have possibly imagined. Now, if I see something that I consider a Schumachery of my franchise, […]
The newest Dark Knight film in the Animated Series universe is Assault on Arkham. Set in the Gotham created by the hugely popular video games, in this story 6 rogues (including Deadshot and Harley Quinn) are sent INTO Arkham Asylum for a hit on the Riddler. Batman is initially sent on a wild goose chase […]
Where to begin… Let’s begin at the end. Balance. I couldn’t give you an exact day or at this point, an exact year, when I turned to meditation to increase my spiritual grounding. Like everything else, the beginning is the hardest part. You get frustrated that it doesn’t come naturally, you want to quit […]
As this Ramadan ends, I thought I would have a lot to say. But maybe not as much as I first thought. Fasting has an interesting effect on the body and the mind. I can only truly speak for myself, but I know of what it does to me and others: violent mood swings, […]
Alright, as always start with my point of view so you know how to take this… Casual appreciation for the X-Men, I’ve seen all the films of the current generation and the spinoffs. In terms of the comic books themselves, I hadn’t read this story going in, the last X-Men comic I read was […]
“This city needs Bruce Wayne, your resources, your knowledge. It doesn’t need your body, or your life. That time has passed.” I’m a week into the current chapter of my life. I’ve been writing like a maniac all weekend. Scripts, and letters of recommendation, and film reviews, and personal notes to people I love. […]
(Will neither confirm nor deny secretly converting to Scientology three years ago…) (Will neither confirm nor deny having a love/hate relationship with John Mayer for being the last person to make me cry uncontrollably (at MJ’s funeral)…) (Will neither confirm nor deny owning a pet bat who lives in my basement whose name is […]
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