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Initially, I had planned for this series to be three parts (plus the introduction). However, the volume of e-mails received about it, some of which raised interesting points, led me to append this final piece. Since this is essentially a response ...
These tough economic times, with the national unemployment rate inching toward double digits, would seem to offer the perfect opportunity to release a movie about the difficulties faced by a recent college graduate in obtaining not merely the "perf...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Vicky Jenson
Cast: Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, ...
If one looks back at U.S. history during the 1970s, the importance of The Washington Post immediately becomes clear. The paper, which began the decade as just another local daily with little national prominence, concluded it as an important b...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, ...
Based on limited reader response, it seems that a majority enjoyed reading The Price of Magic more than The Price of the Crown. That's okay, although I'll admit to having had more fun writing the first book than the second. The style of Magic may ...
I can sum up my reaction to last night's Oscar telecast with one short phrase: a good start. With a running time that barely topped three hours, producers are on their way to trimming down the most obese of all awards shows. I'm not sure that I ...
There are two ways that you can look at Kevin Costner's The Postman (not to be confused with the former Oscar contender of the same name, starring Massimo Troisi). The first is that it's a muddled but occasionally-brilliant lampoon of epic motio...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, ...
The Postman, an Italian film from British director Michael Radford (White Mischief, The Elixir), is a charming piece of cinema that takes several comfortable formulas and expands upon them in ingenious and emotionally-satisfying ways. There's a li...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, ...
Spoilers follow...This may be written for only a couple of hundred people, but for those of you who hung in there for all 36 days (actually 35, since I posted the final two chapters at the same time), here are some of my thoughts on the book I wrote ...