So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment. But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. “I dunno, Phil. I think your tip expectations are a little too high.” ______________________________
In a continuing series in which I examine items from a list considered the mostest greatestest films of all time – The Third Man (1949) written by Graham Greene, directed by Carol Reed, and produced by David O. Selznick, this film floats in the middle of the AFI top 100 films. Anything that is anywhere on…
Too many films are set in Philadelphia and Boston, usually for the wrong reason. Both cities have passion and character, but they also have fairly noticeable speech patterns. I suspect some actors want to play characters from those cities only to make the audience say, “Wow, what a great (Boston or Philadelphia) accent!” After about…
“Everything will be all right in the end. So if it is not all right, it is not yet the end.” – Sonny. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (TBEMH) is one of those occasional films that remind us that you can have a very enjoyable movie without CGI, guns, explosions, and gratuitous (but fun) sex. It’s about…
“Thanks for noticing.” – Eeyore
Aries Good news: Your loneliness is about to end. Bad news: They’ll have badges. ______________________________________ Taurus Don’t buy those new socks just yet. Something important is approaching, and you might only need half as many. ______________________________________ Gemini Like swimming? So do sharks. Just saying. ______________________________________ Cancer Don’t even bother. You’re so fucked. ______________________________________ Leo You’re…
Every Wednesday Rickety Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. After you post your work on your blog, go back to her site and add a link to your post on her Friday Fictioneers post. Place. Page. I’m going to try to keep up with…
Kiki’s Delivery Service: Magic Can’t Save the Story (Review) (via The Cinematic Katzenjammer) “A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.” Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki, Rated: G, 103 minutes There are two things that I love…
“Ain’t that ugly over there? We got the prettiest place on earth.” This is the first line of dialogue of Beasts of the Southern Wild, and it’s spoken by Wink to his daughter Hushpuppy as they float near the levee that separates New Orleans from “The Bathtub,” where they live. The Bathtub is like a…
Every Wednesday Rachmaninoff Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. After you post your work on your blog, go back to her site and add a link to your post on her Friday Fictioneers post. Place. Page. I’m going to try to keep up with…
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