The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt Written by John Huston (screenplay) and B. Traven (novel) Directed by John Huston I felt like I had learned a few things after seeing . One: finding and mining gold is a LOT more difficult than I thought and way … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (#30)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Annie Hall (#31)
Annie Hall (1977) Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Directed by Woody Allen I was surprised by the warmth of Annie Hall, though I've seen enough Woody Allen movies at this point that I shouldn't have been. It has all those things you expect in a Woody Allen … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Annie Hall (#31)
What I Believe
Over the long weekend I watched two very different movies that touched on the same theme. One of them was a religious drama written and directed by Robert Duvall, a true passion project if ever I saw one. It was called The Apostle. The other was very much a product of its time -- a … Continue reading What I Believe
Friday Fiction: Farmer’s Market
(Sorry about skipping the AFI Top 100 review for this week. I took a crack at it and just hated what I wrote -- it sounded needlessly defensive and unworthy of the subject material. I'll try to make it up to you guys with a twofer next week, so stay tuned for that! For now, … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Farmer’s Market
An Evening with John Scalzi
Last Thursday I attended a book reading and signing by the outgoing president of SFWA (the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writer's Association), John Scalzi. I hadn't read anything written by Scalzi except his blog, Whatever, which is actually quite good. It does just about everything that a good blog should -- talk about the minutiae of someone's life … Continue reading An Evening with John Scalzi
Friday Fiction: Meet Ugly
(This is for a serial I'm hoping to write a little later this year and post on relevant furry sites. I wanted to take the time to get to know the principal couple for the whole thing, and what better way to do that then write about how they first met? I didn't want to … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Meet Ugly
The AFI Top 100 Films: High Noon (#33)
High Noon (1952) Starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Lloyd Bridges Written by Carl Foreman (screenplay) and John W. Cunningham (short story) Directed by Fred Zinnemann This is another one of those movies where the behind-the-scenes story is just as good as what you see on the screen. But High Noon is included in this … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: High Noon (#33)
Out of Gas on Metaphor Highway
Imagine your willpower as a car that you drive to get from place to place, and that your destinations are anything that you might want to do with your life. Something simple, like making a sandwich or getting dressed, is a quick jaunt to the corner store. Something a bit more involved, like training for … Continue reading Out of Gas on Metaphor Highway
The AFI Top 100 Films: To Kill A Mockingbird (#34)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Phillip Alford Written by Horton Foote (screenplay) and Harper Lee (novel) Directed by Robert Mulligan One of the great things about setting out to watch all 100 of the AFI's greatest American films of all time is it gives me an excellent chance to … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: To Kill A Mockingbird (#34)
The AFI Top 100 Films: It Happened One Night (#35)
It Happened One Night (1934) Starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert Written by Robert Riskin (screenplay) and Samuel Hopkins Adams (short story) Directed by Frank Capra One of the most interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits I've discovered about It Happened One Night is just how much its lead actors hated working on the film. Its distributor, Columbia … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: It Happened One Night (#35)
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 