I'm not sure why someone bothered asking Danny Glover his opinion about what's going on in Haiti. I am, however, relieved, that it provides an opportunity to point out that Mr. Glover is, in fact, batshit insane ( Read more... )

The previously mentioned happier final post of 2009 is up ( and hidden for your convenience. )

I'm buzz_overdrive, and I'm a Hunter.

( What's your game? )

It's official. I am genuinely flabbergasted. Filmmakers demand Polanski's release. If I'm reading this correctly they're crying foul over the fact that he was bagged in Switzerland on his way to a film festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, because he has previously been allowed to travel in and out of the country freely. He even owns a ( Read more... )

Have you noticed that no one who believes they have had a previous life ever believes they were some anonymous random peon? Every one I've heard of imagines they were Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Napoleon or another famous figure. Nobody ever says ( Read more... )

I'm developing "match guilt." It's like TiVO/DVR guilt or Netflix guilt: a mental state created when there's so much of something which requires your attention that you don't have time to properly address it all, which only serves to create a further backlog that requires your attention. It's a self-perpetuating, spiraling form of obligation that ( Read more... )

Everyone knows about John Hughes, because a lot of us grew up on his movies of teen life, angst, love and ditching school during the 1980's.

What has gotten considerably less press is the passing of another screenwriter: Blake Snyder. Most people probably haven't heard of him, but he made a fair living writing high concept scripts like BLANK CHECK ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah. Been a while. Worst blogger ever. I know the drill. What can I say? I've been busy. It hasn't been with writing so much, lately, though I hope to change that. Work has been a time devouring exercise that pays well enough that I can't exactly turn my back on things like eating, making rent and clothing myself ( Read more... )

Click to view

(from ROCKY BALBOA, an outstanding film which I highly recommend.)

This is a rather lengthy cross-post from my regular blog, here for posterity.

Essentially, it's why I'm voting no on Proposition 8 next week and why, if you're a registered voter in the state of California, I urge you to do the same.

( Most everyone reading this here probably already is, but this is a piece I wanted to write to get it out of my head. It's pretty long, and hidden behind this here courtesy-cut. )