Best Picture Haiku — 2012 Edition
Well, it’s that time of year again. This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards….
Beyond The Screen
Best Supporting Primate?
Despite the normal mediocrity of the Oscars, the nomination announcements on January 24th might add some intrigue to the oft-banal spectacle. The ultimate question will…
Twilight Confirms the Need for Financial Literacy
If the last two years of a recession weren’t enough to confirm the paucity of financial literacy among teens and young adults, this weekend’s box…
The Value of Verbal Dysentary
I might just be tempted to watch the Academy Awards this year. It’s no secret that last year’s broadcast was an abomination, absolutely boring, and…
Is Art Imitating the “Occupy” Movements?
Perhaps I’m being influenced by the ubiquitous coverage and postings on Facebook that discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York and…
One is the Loneliest Number, but Zero Is Never Good
As Abduction approaches its opening day, perhaps there’s more relevance than coincidence in the fact that Taylor Lautner has as many syllables as Bucky Larson….
Once Upon a Time …
Imagine that somewhere in the world of Celebrity, there is no natural selection. Celebrities – the inhabitants of Celebrity – don’t perish, but when they…
The Perils of Time Travel and Why the Harry Potter Franchise Ended in 2004
The wash of posters in subways, on busses and taxis that declare “It all ends” on July 15thmight portend an earlier than anticipated end of…
Charting the Career Quality of Directors
This graphical breakdown of career director arcs over on Into the Abyss is pretty damn fantastic. What author Todd Miro did was compile all the Rotten Tomatoes scores for…
What the Smurfin’ Smurf Is this Smurf?! – Turns Out I Could Be a Screenwriter as Well
Cheers to those who got their smurf on over the weekend at South Street Seaport in New York City, where hundreds of blue-faced, Phrygian cap-wearing…