Toy Story 3 Director: Lee Unkrich Writers: story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich, screenplay by Michael Arndt Producer: Darla K. Anderson Featuring the vocal talents of: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael
The things you find in dusty drawers
I spent a long time cleaning and re-ordering yesterday. The results probably don’t look all that different to the untrained eye – the stacks littered here and there are shorter and sturdier, and the flat surfaces on which they rest
For better or worse, the second half of the mountain climb is usually the easier half
I have eliminated 40% of my credit card debt since November. I can be justly proud of this, but there is a long way to go, and it does bother me that if nothing breaks in the Hollywood side of
The collective unconscious of Yahoo! search users (UPDATED)
I get reliable daily laughs from Yahoo’s “Trending Now” list. Their current top five: 1) Dr. Dre 2) Jennifer Aniston 3) Adolf Hitler 4) Transformers 3 5) Mortgage Modification You heard it from the Internet itself, people. Transformers 3 is
Love by the numbers
So apparently Jake and what’s-her-name from The Bachelor have ended their relationship, in spite of the fact that it happened On the Wings of Love. I have never watched the show, or its companion The Bachelorette, or really any of
The subconscious works on its own schedule
I started a screenplay eight years ago completely on a whim – an image leaped into my brain while I was stuck driving the Sepulveda Pass on my way to work. When I got to the office I immediately opened
In which some penniless fool shows his ignorance of How Things Work
Entertainment Weekly just ran a feature asking what is wrong with this summer’s movies. By extension, it merits asking what has been wrong with movies in 2010, from both the critical and commercial standpoint. If you ask the masters of
Sugarland is a foreign country now, I fear
I finally saw The Sugarland Express, which is a 70’s car chase movie that is mostly distinguished in film geek circles as the first fully-theatrical feature from Steven Spielberg. He was all of 26 when he shot it. The boy
From the Archive – MOVIE REVIEW – Closer
Originally posted 1/11/05 Closer Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Patrick Marber, based on his play Producers: Mike Nichols, John Calley, Cary Brokaw, Robert Fox Stars: Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen I prefer it when movies are About Something
Anywhere you can find words
My bold experiment with not outlining on The Ghost Light has so far produced only 13 pages – which is far from nothing but only barely something, by my reckoning. I set it aside to finish a chapter of the