Stranger Then FictionI'm no fan of Will Ferrell. But he does have his moments, like in his voice-over roles in The Oblongs and Curious George. His "dramatic turn" in Woody Allen's "Melinda, Melinda" didn't seem any different than his normal schtick. Unfortunately, though he plays a more somber role in "Stranger Than Fiction," the performance ( Read more... )

So the other night, I bought a sackload of DVDs. Of those DVDs, one of them I just watched on TV for the first time (yes, even aware I should be sleeping and that I could see it any time I wanted because I own it ( Read more... )

Did you know there was a time not very long ago I felt I might want to strike it out as a model? Sure, I’ve always wanted to act-to be seen-but I’d recently grown out my hair, switched out my glass frames, down-sized my wardrobe from baggy XL clothes I bought even way back in junior high to size Medium (now Small), and just overall dramatically ( Read more... )

This also got me thinking about that story I've had on the backburner for these past few years. Right now I've got all the beats plotted out and just need to connect the dots. But it opens on a scene in the middle of the night with a father looking at his child, who essentially acts as a framing device to tell the story about the man and the ( Read more... )

Ah, sucked into watching trailers on Apple's site once again. Three Times looks like an interesting concept, though something tells me it's been done before. I actually want to kind of wholesale hijack the idea. Then there's this one called Russian Dolls, which looks like it may have to do with marrying someone who may have only just been ( Read more... )

So the ole LJ's been lacking in read-worthy material. I don't think that'll be resolved until at least when the semester ends. However, I've got this idea for a little pet project. You know I don't really talk about some subjects/topics often, but when I do I rattle on and on. I figure, I should capture those ramblings on paper and file them in ( Read more... )

The more and more I think about it (and the closer it gets to Saturday morning), the more I'm pissed that despite not having the classes I need next semester that I'm still obligated to take classes next semester instead of potentially being cast as an extra in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequel. Sure, normally being an extra is nothing ( Read more... )

Because of recent happenstance and my viewing tonight of Shopgirl, I've been reinvigorated to write again. I really want to read this novella on which the movie is adapted from. There is an incredibly beautiful storybook aesthetic to the film, both visually and aurally. There is incredible attention paid to framing, lighting, angles, slow motion ( Read more... )

I'm sure you may have noticed I've started bold-ening some phrases in my posts. I'm trying to get into magazine-writing/columnist/editorial mode and highlighting blurb-worthy passages. Y'know, like those giant-fonted quotes you see swimming in the middle of the tiny-text paragraphs ( Read more... )