• What Really Happened in Jake Gyllenhaal’s Enemy Movie?

    ***Major Spoiler Alert***Do not read this if you don’t want the movie spoiled for you. It contains major spoilers. We have met the enemy and he is us.” –Pogo by Walt Kelly, 1971 What Really Happened in Jake Gyllenhaal’s Enemy Movie? In Enemy, both men (Adam and Anthony) are same man, a married history professor…

  • Mexican Food Principle

    Mexican Food is great, but it can teach us lessons far beyond gastrointestinal delight. I’m talking about the Mexican Food Principle. Mexican food’s great, but it’s essentially all the same ingredients, so there’s a way you’d have to deal with all these stupid questions. ‘What is nachos?‘ ‘Nachos? It’s a tortilla with cheese, meat, and…

  • Freestyle – A Country Musical

    Freestyle – A Country Musical

    This jukebox musical is on Spotify. I’ve weaved a story out of the following country songs. It’s something I do for fun. Previously I’ve done it with pop/rock songs, but this is my my first attempt at country (by request). Listen to Freestyle on Spotify [Act I] 1. Freestyle by Lady Antebellum – Thursday night,…

  • The Digital Arrow of Time

    In the library scene from H.G. Well’s The Time Machine where the time traveling man from the past finds books that have fallen apart amid a new ‘CD’-looking object that plays after he spins it on a big open plate thing. He asks about their books, only to learn they have been left to decay…

  • Top 10 Meaningless Things People Apply Meaning To

    Universal or not, these 10 things only mean something when you apply meaning to them. Laughter – a loud bellowing from one’s mouth. For most people this conveys to others that they found something funny, but it could mean that they have a lot of air in their lungs they really want to get out…

  • Sleepless – a Rock Musical

    In December of 2012 I wrote my first rock musical based on a compilation of songs on Spotify at that time. This is my 2nd rock musical, which like the first jukebox takes place over a period of 24 hours (here’s the Spotify link to listen): [Act I] Sleepless by Cazzette – The scene begins…

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty debuted in the United States on December 25, 2013. This review focuses on the how the film is an essay on the transition from analog to digital – made for and by the children of the 70’s (otherwise known as Generation X), the “analog vs. digital” and “disrespect for…

  • Ben Stiller’s Walter Mitty Longboards

    UPDATE: Bustin Boards has confirmed that it’s a Bustin Boards Boombox longboard and after seeing the movie, it should be noted that there is only one longboarding scene in Iceland. The other New York scene mentioned in this article is ‘covered’ by CGI which makes it look like Walter Mitty is longboarding on asphalt. All…

  • Symbolism in Wes Anderson Movies

    Colin Marshall recently commented on about a series of RogerEbert.com video essays on Wes Anderson films. These are my comments on his comments, but mostly it’s about the symbolism I see in Wes Anderson films. Suitcases – first few movies they are always silver, last few canvas; they are always matching and of different sizes…