Is there hope for the manatee in Kings Spring? Possibly! The noble water mammal might find warm water refuge if the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility have anything to say about it (And I think after what they pulled off last time, we’ve all learned never to count out the P.E.E.R.). The environmental watchdog group…
Calm Like a Bomb (82nd Academy Award Winners)
Best Picture: THE HURT LOCKERBest Director: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKERBest Actor: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEARTBest Actress: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDEBest Supporting Actor: Christoph WaltzBest Supporting Actress: Mo’NiqueBest Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, THE HURT LOCKERBest Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, PRECIOUSBest Animated Feature: UPBest Foreign Feature: SECRET IN THEIR EYESBest Documentary Feature: THE COVEBest Cinematography:…
Viva la Vida
I really wrestled with whether or not I wanted to write about this, so much so that I resigned myself to merely hinting at it in my last post. However, even with just that hint, I got notes, comments and messages of support…and really felt moved by all of it. So here’s the short story.…
Here Comes Your Man
Roger Ebert has been a huge influence on me. I can still remember beginning to watch him with Gene Siskel on TV back when I was 16 and first seriously getting into film. While it would take a few years until I would actively start hunting down some of the “smaller” movies they’d discuss, I…