Last month, I logged on for the first time in three years just to kill my account. Here’s how I told my hundreds of friends. Continue reading The Note I Wrote when I Deleted My Facebook
Fine performances and believable visuals elevate a by-the-numbers thriller. Continue reading Decent Results: ‘Searching’ Film Review
Bold acting choices, creative set design, and an intriguing-if-uneven script make for an interesting show by Gritty City Rep. Continue reading New World, Same Problems: ‘New World Disorder’ at Gritty City Rep
Clean living and technological harmony collide in a not-quite-perfect script from Christopher Chen. Continue reading Early Harvest: ‘A Tale of Autumn’ world premiere by Crowded Fire
Though it has its flaws, a great deal of imagination makes this the best “real” superhero film since M. Night Shyamalan’s UNBREAKABLE. Continue reading Ever So ‘Sleight’-ly Better
Cheesy “acting” and ham-fisted technophobia make one want to delete this film as soon as possible. Continue reading ‘Circle’ Jerk
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Image via Universal Pictures “[I]t’s a form of alchemy, of magic. It’s very appealing. I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated because the very earliest people who made film were magicians.” – Francis Ford Coppola, Academy of Achievement interview, 17 June 1994 When I think of Aaron Sorkin, I’m reminded of Christopher Buckley’s address to Yale’s 2009 graduating class. In a self-deprecating speech, the author and former George HW Bush speech-writer implores these supposedly-future-captains-of-industry to reject the very shameless materialism they’d supposedly been encouraged to embrace. “[Do] you really… Continue reading In For a Penny: You Can’t take it With You
