Posted in actors, movies, tagged Batman, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m not ashamed: I like Batman. I’ve been a fan of Batman since the ’60s when I started watching the live-action series on television and letting Adam West, Burt Ward, and all the villainous characters enter into my world as a five-year-old. Batman always intrigued as a super hero who relied on his mind, physical [...]
Posted in movies, tagged Alison Scott on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m in a lyrical mood this morning. The sun is up, the sky is crystal clear. It’s the type of sky that couldn’t even be replicated in a painting. A sky blue sky that’s limitless.
This week I’ve listened to one CD and, more specifically, one song from that one CD.
The artist is Alison Scott. You [...]
Posted in movies, television, work, writing, tagged Coen Brothers, Oscars, Tilda Swinton on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Did you notice how few words the Coen brothers had for the masses on the Oscars Sunday night?
Their movie, “No Country for Old Men,” (NCFOM) won four major awards including two directly attributable to the St. Paul St. Louis Park, Minn., writing duo who also won an Academy Award for their original work, “Fargo,” but [...]
Posted in celebrities, movies, tagged The Bucket List on January 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson match up well in “The Bucket List.” And if there’s a better date movie playing right now, let me know. After seeing this on the big screen last night it prompted all sorts of discussion and conversation that lasted past midnight.
The premise of the movie is easy enough. Both lead [...]
Posted in elections, holidays, life, love, movies, writing, tagged e-mail spam, presidents on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A few days off from writing and it feels like, “Where do I begin?” What’s more, I wonder, “What have I got to write about that hasn’t been written?” But, it’s my blog and I’ll write what I want. Doesn’t really matter if the wisdom or words of flotsam I pass on mean anything [...]
Posted in movies, writing, tagged Diablo Cody, film, Juno on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
For those of you under a rock, Diablo Cody is a newly crowned screenwriting goddess whose latest film, “Juno,” is indeed all that. She’s also originally from Minneapolis, so her perspectives from life in the Midwest are quickly finding appeal in her works - now mass marketed and gaining immense popularity. Reviews of “Juno” [...]
Posted in alternative music, indie music, movies on November 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
When I first heard Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly,” I kind of thought, ugh - another pop princess wannabe. Her next song, “The Little Things,” which will be included on the Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 19 CD (available on Nov. 15), has a bit more meaning and shows Caillat’s vast talent.
But of her songs getting airplay, “Realize” [...]
Posted in actors, actresses, movies, writing on October 26, 2007 | No Comments »
New movie releases that only open in New York and LA often get ignored in fly-over states like Minnesota. But if there’s a movie to keep on the radar this fall, “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” sounds like the one.
Reviews such as this one in The New York Times, make me jittery to see [...]
Posted in actors, actresses, movies, tagged movies on October 20, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I enjoy movies. Even in single life, I don’t hesitate to hit the theatre on my own. I can sit where I want, no one is in whispering (too loudly) in my ear asking, “what happened,” and there’s no sharing of popcorn.
There are two movies I plan to see this weekend, in fact: Michael Clayton and [...]
Posted in Minneapolis, celebrities, culture, fitness, health, humor, life, midwest living, movies, science, sweat on August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I sweat. There. I admit it.
I’m not a heavy sweater (thank God). A little anti-perspirant/deoderant every morning under the arms and I smell like a tulip all day. Not so for lots of folks. Take Kevin James for example (co-star of the recently released movie, “I Now Prounounce You Chuck and Larry.” That man is [...]
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