So, there’s this guy. He’s a total–I don’t like to use this word–douchebag. His name is Jordin. Jordin Hines. He’s the protagonist in director Jim Cumming’s black comedy, The Beta Test. He is played by him too. Jordin’s a Hollywood agent with all the accoutrements of his profession–monochrome suits, Magnanni loafers, exacting haircut–but namely it’s […]
Man about town Henry Graham (Walter Matthau) finds himself in a most loathsome predicament–he’s broke. Despite the various safety nets and warning bells afforded the upper crust, Henry (teetering on late thirties that he may have already toppled over) has extravagantly exceeded the principal of his trust fund. His checks are bouncing all over town. […]
I know I said I wasn’t going to do this anymore but c’est la vie. Along came a beautiful film and I just had to write about it. There are so few beautiful films these days. Or, perhaps it’s just me. Perhaps if I was, say, ten years younger I would write something like, […]
Warning: The following content is a virtual ticking time bomb of literary devices. It is especially loaded with ellipses and asides. (Just so you know…) When I was a kid my brother and I would visit our dad in El Paso for about six weeks every summer. I usually looked forward to this because my […]
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