Why You Need To Watch Bitter Lake
As a writer I think often about storytelling and different ways to tell stories. I recently watched Bitter Lake,…
Category: movies
3 reasons you should see the movie Wild (if you’re a writer)
Many books are made into movies, but most movies aren’t very good. Movies are hard to make, period. Even…
Snowpiercer: Movie Review
I’m a fan of creative dystopia and when I saw the graphic novel Snowpiercer at Elliot Bay Books I…
Noah: movie review (Spoiler Free)
I’m fascinated by religious history and love movies, so it’s no surprise I’ve seen many films with religious themes.…
Gravity: movie review (spoiler free)
Side story: as I kid I remember the joy of stumbling on a movie on TV where I had…
Understanding Detroit: Detropia (documentary review)
I watched the documentary Detropia on Netflix Streaming recently and I highly recommend it. With the recent news of…
Movie review: Tales From The Script (The business of writing films)
Screenwriting is hard, but what’s harder is selling a screenplay and getting a film made. The best documentary I’ve…
Top Gun in Hecklevision: review
Weeks ago I saw the movie Johnny Mnemonic in a clever format called Hecklevision. In Hecklevision anyone in the…
Johnny Mnemonic in Hecklevision: review
Last night I finally made it to Hecklevision at Central Cinema in Seattle. They show bad movies and allow…
Prometheus review
It is a beautiful looking film. There is some intrigue and mystery about sci-fi ideas. Many stupid things are…
Triple inspired by a film: Girl Walk All Day
I’ve said before we live in the best age in history to be a creative. It has never been…
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: movie review
This film Jiro dreams of Sushi models itself on its subject, a legendary sushi chef at Tokyo’s Sukiyabashi Jiro.…
Quote of the week
American Masters recently released a two part documentary about Woody Allen (available online in U.S.), which I highly recommend if…
The fascinating history of Jelly Belly jelly beans (documentary)
Recently I watched a documentary about the history of the Jelly Belly company, called Candyman: The David Klein Story (Netflix streaming). I…
The Tree of Life: Movie Review
I like Terrence Malick films, but I don’t recommend them for everyone. The Thin Red Line is one of…
Movie Review: Winters Bone
There’s something captivating about movies where you don’t know all the rules, but care to stick around to find…
Willy Wonka in Smell-O-Vision: review
The Seattle Film Festival theater has a special showing this month of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in Smell-O-Vision.…
The Social Network: movie review
Good movies about software are hard to make. That’s why few people try and those who do mostly end…
How to watch a Michael Bay film
To get out of the 101 degree heat here in Seattle, I decided to take the afternoon off yesterday…
Most interesting video you’ll see today
The new IAC building in Chelsea (NYC) has one of the world’s largest video screens, and this media professor…