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Swallowing My Pride
Humility is not an easy quality to achieve or maintain. I was bullied a lot as a child, and it hardened me to the point that I thought I was uniquely deserving of sympathy and that other people were responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged books, britain, classic films, films, jane austen, movies, movies based on books, personal, pride and prejudice, relationships, videos
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It’s All Right When Everything Goes Wrong
When times get tough, I try to look on the bright side and count my blessings. I don’t feel so bad about the social distancing and isolation right now in part because the last year has been so hard for … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged disaster movies, films, m night shyamalan, mel gibson, movies, personal, science fiction, signs, videos
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Doctor’s Orders
I’m sorry to say I can’t publish a new article I had planned this week because I’ve gone and injured one of my fingers. It’s been swollen for many months, but it recently got so painful that I finally went … Continue reading
10 People and Things I’m Thankful for
I’ll keep things nice and simple this Thanksgiving by sharing 10 people and things I’m thankful for:
The Paddielphia Experiment
It’s finally here! The movie I wrote and directed as a teenager in the summer of 1997 and got all of my brothers and one of my sisters to star in it. The Paddielphia Experiment. For a number of reasons, I … Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Film Gems, Uncategorized
Tagged cats, childhood, comedy, family, fun, funny, horror, personal, pets, videos
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Excuses, Excuses…
Several things kept me from finishing The Paddielphia Experiment this week. The footage was incomplete, I got really sick, and it seems like everything combined to prevent me from getting my work done. I know. Excuses, excuses. But I promise … Continue reading
Coming Soon: The Long-Lost Movie I Made as a Teenager
I’m finally doing it! Back in the summer of 1997, I wrote my first screenplay about a group of four brothers camping in the woods who get terrorized by a creature of pure evil. It was called The Paddielphia Experiment, … Continue reading
I No Longer Think It’s Wise to Mock the Past
Have you ever found the answer to a question you had never thought to ask, but which explains many other questions you’ve had? I had this experience when I watched a brilliant review of Pleasantville. I had never seen a … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff, Videos
Tagged drama, films, history, movie review, movies, mst3k, personal, pleasantville, videos
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The Lockard Family as Movie Stars
Do you ever think about which movie stars your family members remind you of? I am the seventh of nine kids, so I got to witness a lot of personalities develop as we all grew up and started our own … Continue reading
I Love My Work
Several years ago, a friend of mine asked me how to start a blog and keep it going. I told him that he needs to love what he writes about. There’s no other way to consistently create something worth reading.
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