‘Chuck’ it Out
“Never fight ugly people – they have nothing to lose.” – Old Boxing Quote, source unknown The first time I …
Category Archives: Film
Ever So ‘Sleight’-ly Better
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” (colloquially known as “Clarke’s Third Law”) – Arthur C. Clarke, “Hazards of …
‘Circle’ Jerk
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” – Douglas Adams, The Salmon …
Familiar ‘Promise’
“Is it because we’re having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the world? Is it because we’re so rich …
Going Nowhere Fast Double-Feature: ‘Trainspotting 2’ and ‘The Fate of The Furious’
“I guess you never know what you got ’til it’s gone I guess that’s why I’m here and I can’t …
Animéniac Double-Feature: ‘Your Name’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (Live Action)
[NOTE: This past Sunday I happened to catch two Japanese-related films: one, an anime adaptation of a novel; the other, …
Quickies: ‘Logan’ and ‘Kong: Skull Island’
[NOTE: Recently I went to my local multiplex to catch a couple flix that I’d heard good things about. I …
Sweet ‘Life’
“No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.” – HP Lovecraft, “Ex Oblivione” First …
Weak ‘Wilson’
“Face it, Bick: we are the older generation.” – Leslie, Giant (1956) It’s as inevitable as the rising sun: we’re …
‘Get’ It!
“In this country ‘American’ means ‘white’. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” – Toni Morrison, interview with The Guardian (29 January …
