More Star Wars.
Because I know you can’t get enough: There is such a thing as Wookieepedia. It’s like Wikipedia, but for Star Wars. Why I wasn’t informed of this earlier, I have no idea.
View ArticleOn constraints and what we do with them.
Marc Andreessen has a fabulous post about how A. C. Lyles got into the movie business. Please do yourself a favor and read it. Now that was extremely kind of him… when he said to keep in touch and...
View ArticleJ. J. Abrams — great talk on creativity.
Well, it’s also a talk about his grandfather and mystery boxes and explosions. Particularly appealing: his energy level and sense of humor. It’s clear that the act of creation inspires him. Good stuff...
View ArticleThe best books and movies.
Gimmicky though they are, I’m a sucker for “all-time best” lists like these: TIME Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels TIME Magazine: All-Time 100 Movies Of the novels — and they actually just mean novels...
View ArticleTwo views on Invictus — plus my own.
First, my own basic reaction when my wife and I stepped out of the theater: “Nice movie.” I thought that the story of Invictus was worth telling to a wide audience. I thought that Morgan Freeman and...
View ArticleAn insight from my son, age 9, on his first cinematic exposure to Middle Earth.
“I wish this was real, only without the wars and bloodshed and stuff.” Well, yeah. Welcome to the club, kid.
View ArticleCommonplace: reading well.
“The problem of availability is something that seems increasingly to have been solved. To view or to read well is another kind of problem.” –From “Slow Reading” at if:book. ~ (Image by rana ossama,...
View ArticleCrossover sci-fi/fantasy actors.
As an extension of a dinner-table conversation with my kids, I asked friends on Twitter to name actors who have done work in more than one science-fiction or fantasy universe. This is what we came up...
View ArticleThoughts on ARRIVAL
[No spoilers here.] Yesterday I went to see Arrival. I thought it was very good. In particular: Really interesting script Fine cinematography Excellent cast (Renner, I like; Adams and Whitaker are...
View ArticleDo yourself a favor and see ROMA.
I watched Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA yesterday on a 70mm print at the Alamo Ritz in downtown Austin. Rather than tell you more about the movie, I’m going to recommend that you go into it with no more than...
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