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Rian Johnson: A Director, a writer and his movies you should watch 3 Jun 2013 | 07:40 am
In this space not too long ago, I made it a point to ask – practically beg – you not to watch two movies by one self-indulgent director named Lars von Trier. Neither his Melancholia nor his Antichrist...
Murder on the First Day of Christmas by Billie Thomas 22 Apr 2013 | 01:55 am
My taste for fictional mystery can be best described as bipolar. On the one side, I love hard-boiled detective novels -- Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, and Sue Grafton. On the o...
7 Tips: Transitioning Your College Student Back to Civilization 23 Mar 2013 | 05:19 pm
When your child heads off to college for the first time, you are inundated with material and information all designed to help you and your child make that transition to college. How do you get organi...
Don't Go See These Movies! 22 Feb 2013 | 08:26 am
You have a friend that is a cinephile. You know you do. He’s the one you go to when you want some advice about what movie to go see. Because going to the movies is an investment in money and time. And...
Valentine's Day: A Cautionary Tale 11 Feb 2013 | 09:27 am
The other morning my youngest daughter asked if I had a funny story about Valentine’s Day. The answer, of course, is absolutely. I have a story I think is funny about almost anything, but, as it turns...
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan 7 Feb 2013 | 08:39 am
Where were you on Monday, March 30, 1981? I was in high school. Not sure what class I was in at about 1:30 Central Time but I remember being told that shots had been fired at President Ronald Reagan ...
Quick Movie Review: Drive (2011) 7 Sep 2012 | 06:40 am
Quick Movie Review: Drive (2011) Bottomline: Terrific film -- taut, suspenseful, well acted and directed. Love the music! CAVEAT: Right around the one hour mark, this film goes into ultra-violent mo...
Quick Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 11 Jul 2012 | 10:45 am
QMR: Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Bottomline: Terrific Wes Anderson film. This wonderful movie written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola and directed by the one and only Anderson is everything a Wes Ande...
Sacred Harp Singing: Bringing the Spirit! 22 Jun 2012 | 11:03 am
It started with Cold Mountain. Which is odd because I didn’t like the book or the movie. But it was in the movie and from the movie’s soundtrack that I was introduced to the mesmerizing sounds of Sacr...
Of High School Graduation 29 May 2012 | 10:22 pm
My oldest daughter has graduated from high school. It’s taken me a while to wrap my mind around that statement of fact. In what I thought was a particularly introspective moment, one of her best frie...
