Sep 23Talking Heads Live Again!In the mid-seventies, a three-person band that went by the name, “Talking Heads” emerged out of the bowels of NYC. They were young, spry. They were informed by the polyglot, underground music scene of Manhattan. Post-punk was in, as was New Wave. The shepherds of this new fertile new moment…Talking Heads4 min readTalking Heads4 min read
Aug 12Shampoo: The End of an Innocence’Twas the night of the ’68 election… — ’Twas the night of the ’68 Presidential election when George Roundy realized his world was crumbling. You might be lead to believe otherwise given the way he flaunts his flamboyant brawn, but the truth is grim. His way of life, in addition to millions of others like him in that…Warren Beatty4 min readWarren Beatty4 min read
Aug 12Some Thoughts On The Writer’s Strike…and how this connects to a wacky Japanese game show — As of writing, Hollywood has been brought to a standstill. Both the Writer’s and Actor’s guilds have marshaled their collective forces to combat the impending threat of artificial intelligence. The studios have signaled their enthusiasm over its mechanical benefits — — the means in which AI will cast aside the…Writers Life2 min readWriters Life2 min read
Aug 12“Talk To Me” has lots to say about Zoomers.Doing it for the clout Oh, the Zoomer. The age group that proceeds the millennial. A group that doesn’t know a world prior to the internet; in truth, a world that wasn’t readily available for live streaming. In a culture that incentivizes the insanity of the moment, is it any…Talk To Me4 min readTalk To Me4 min read
Aug 2Of Sinkers, Floaters, and Wall BangersIn honor of the latest iteration of Takeshi’s Castle running on Amazon Prime, I’ve put together a little primer for those new to the gameshow. Let’s wind the clocks back to 2003. It was best of times, it was the worst of times, those sweet bygone days before youtube when…Takeshis Castle9 min readTakeshis Castle9 min read
Jul 13The Blackening: We Can’t All Die First!In a post GET OUT world, THE BLACKENING feels like an easy enough sell. It’s a horror comedy with an all black cast. Far from being a coincidence, this black cast will be thrown into the woods to endure a terrifying killer on the prowl. A demented being who stalks…Comedy3 min readComedy3 min read
Jul 13Past Lives : “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”“Oh, Jake,” Brett said, “we could have had such a damned good time together.” “Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” So ends Ernest Hemingway’s monumental first novel, “The Sun Also Rises.” A story of sporadic love, found and lost. …Romance3 min readRomance3 min read
Apr 22I Watched GET OUT in a Movie Theater and had a Religious Experience.FADE IN — MEMORY FROM CHILDHOOD — MORNING The year is 1999. My brother and I are sitting in the back of a ’92 Toyota Sienna, amusing ourselves silly by reenacting the funniest bits from the morning’s episode of The Three stooges. Our father sits idle in the driver’s seat, watching the good folk file into morning service…Get Out19 min readGet Out19 min read
Apr 21Last Dance Serves Up a Different Kind of MagicDirector:Steven Soderbergh Starring:Channing Tatum, Selma Hayek Magic Mike’s Last Dance is a strange beast. As the third entry of an established franchise, you’d think it would rest on it’s laurels, satisfying long-time fans. It doesn’t. Perhaps it aims to spice up the formula in an attempt to challenge its base…Magic Mike4 min readMagic Mike4 min read
Feb 1The Sensual Thrills of “Bones and All”Minor spoilers for the first 20 minutes of the film. There’s a bit of Rapunzel in the opening scenes of BONES AND ALL. We open on a mobile home in the outskirts of a nameless Virginia town. The place is inhabited by an adult man and a young girl —…Cannibalism5 min readCannibalism5 min read
