The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine Written by Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) and John Steinbeck (novel) Directed by John Ford One of the things that's slowly and steadily been removed from our cultural identity is a sense of place. The world has gotten smaller and borders have become a … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Grapes of Wrath (#21)
Month: September 2013
Pathfinding Problems
I'm in the relatively early stages of Book 2 of my Pathfinder campaign. So far, the group has uncovered the existence of a war between shadow cults that have been slowly but steadily engulfing the civilized world. After beating back the cult that plans to do the most damage and forming an uneasy alliance with … Continue reading Pathfinding Problems
The AFI Top 100 Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey (#22)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester Written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke Directed by Stanley Kubrick A tribe of apes scratch out a marginal existence somewhere on prehistoric Earth. They have a bad day; one of their number is killed by a predator, then they are … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey (#22)
The Unity Novels
I remembered reading this pulpy sci-fi novel out of the 70s when I was a kid, where some guy was abducted out in the middle of the ocean and put in some sort of intergalactic jail. One of his fellow inmates was this ten-foot-tall philosopher lizard, and it was this big, imprinting experience to meet … Continue reading The Unity Novels
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 