I saw five movies last weekend; three were on TV as I convalesced from a stomach flu, and the other two were: X-Men III I don’t know X-Men canon. I don’t really care about X-Men canon. With that in mind, I enjoyed this movie. It was fast-paced, mostly, and well-acted, generally. Kelsey Grammer in particular surprised …
So I showed Capote at the Evans tonight. I knew essentially nothing about the man before I watched the movie. Normally I have a hard time watching a show where the main character is unsympathetic, but somehow this show was quite compelling. Philip Seymour Hoffman did a fantastic job in his role as Truman Capote. …
In the last week and a half I’ve seen two movies, Thumbsucker and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. What did I think of them? Well, Thumbsucker was an adolescent-angst movie that proved to me that while Keanu Reeves may not be a brilliant thespian, at least he can act …
So last night I got an email from a friend of mine (let’s call him Kevin, since that’s his name): Subject: Aeon Flux I knew some people might not like it. But this review is ridiculous: It was so uncomfortable to watch this film, I felt like I was desperately holding back a bout of extreme diarrhea …
I’ve decided to enter a non-fiction contest, and I have to have the story in the mail by Nov. 1st, so I’m kind of up against a deadline. The theme of the contest is “A Memorable Voyage”; my entry, in about its second draft, is here. You’ll need a password, too: it’s winnipegosis. Read it, …
…stumbled across not one but two reviews of my short story “Resurrection Radio”. The first: “‘Resurrection Radio’ from Patrick Johanneson is another quality piece. Thought-provoking and original, it’s a fresh look at spirituality from a very down to earth position, written with real empathy. Its ending is particularly intelligent, the sort of thing to send you …