I have ranted about remakes, spouted about superheroes, and screamed about sequels, but I have also admitted that they do have value. There are, however, a handful of things that I can no longer tolerate. Some film moments have become so overused that any further attempt to recreate them had better be a joke designed…
The Happiest Place on Earth? A typical family is winding up a Disney vacation when Dad gets a phone call that he has lost his job. The shock and sadness cause a series of delusions and hallucinations while they travel through the Magic Kingdom and other parks. Even a beautiful place like Disney can seem…
Reasons You Can’t Sleep “There are two kinds of people in Alaska,” said the bartender. “Those who are born here and those who come here to escape something. I wasn’t born here.” I wouldn’t know if it is true, but it’s a fabulous movie line. She, the bartender, says this after realizing that detective who…
If you told me that I would ever watch a feature film that is only eight minutes long, I would tell you to shut up. And if you told me that after the eight minutes, I would like it, I would tell you to shut up and then punch you. And if you also told…
Laser (no, really) and Joni are the children of Nic and Jules. “Nic” without the “k” is because Nic and Jules are both female. The mothers visited a sperm bank a bunch of years ago, carefully selected Paul as their donor, and each used artificial insemination to give birth to a boy, now 15, and…
Fade in to a grainy, overexposed, black and white shot of a glistening sunrise reflecting off a river and into the camera. Slowly, both focus and color are added, enough that we see the river is rather muddy. On a bridge over the river is Tim (Joshua Miller), a 10-year old boy with disheveled hair…
There are certain movies and books that present very different experiences to their audiences depending on where those viewers and readers are in their lives. Older audiences probably don’t appreciate the superhero genre in the same way as those 30 and under, and you can reverse that for most anything starring Meryl Streep or written…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I love time travel stories. Déjà Vu is a very different time travel story, and I’m annoyed that I never saw it until seven years after its release. I definitely have to get out more often. Sailors returning from duty take a ferry headed for…
Missy’s smooth, tan legs walked on black wedges as a morning breeze gently played with her hair, a deep brown to match her eyes. Although she wasn’t always aware of it, her tongue continued to touch the small scar on her lip from when her mother won, by force, last year’s battle of which…
Every Wednesday Rockingham Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt challenging writers to create a 100-word story, poem, or whatever works for you. After posting your work on your blog, go back to her site and add your link on her Friday Fictioneers post. Place. Page. Give it a shot. I prefer to stick to 100 words, but she doesn’t mind…
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