Avatar Review Part II

Since I’ve already written one Avatar review while I was sober, I decided to take a crack at part two of my “Defense Against Religious Environmentalism” (DARE) writeup whilst under the influence of at least half (if not more) of a bottle of fantastic Malbec from Argentina. If I can stumble through with a modicum of my original thesis under wraps, I’ll consider it a good week.

Avatar

Just to be clear, I’m not opposed to sentient, even highly-intelligent life on other planets living in harmony with nature and a tree Goddess. I can dig on aliens who say prayers over the animals they kill (hey, I’m part Native American, I get it). I understand foreign fauna who cry when they have to [...]

Cloverfield

If you’re wondering what Cloverfield is to American film making, you must look no further than YouTube to find out. It is the quintessence of what I’d like to humbly suggest calling a “meme film,” that is, a genre of film that takes from, utilizes–and is utilized by–the common media, containing both references to popular [...]

Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone is the perfect crime movie from debut director Ben Affleck, a working class movie with more than its share of cynical wonderings and explosive excitement, with thoughtful moral commentary behind every frame.

The Ethiopian American Reviews 13 Months of Sunshine

Check out the Ethiopian American’s review of 13 Months of Sunshine. Some key quotes:
“The American dream is like beauty – it’s in the eye of the beholder. For coffee barista Solomon, his American dream is the opening of one day his own coffee shop in Los Angeles’ Little Ethiopia. For Hanna, a recent Ethiopian immigrant [...]

The Story of My Script

It’s funny. I’m a producer on a feature independent film, but I’m also a writer trying to get a script into development with a different producer, one who has credits and, more importantly, contacts who have the ability to make a movie happen. So it’s surprising to see the business side of things from both [...]

Shoot ‘Em Up

Shoot ‘Em Up is mindlessly silly and has next to nothing to say to contemporary America–but it’s loads of fun if you turn your brain off.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

A kind of new Old West dichotomy that rethinks the mythology and historical vagaries of a legendary outlaw and killer…

13 Months Screening In DC

The film I edited and am producing, entitled 13 Months of Sunshine, is screening in Washington DC Sunday, September 9 as part of the Ethiopian Millennium Celebration that’s happening all through the month of September.
Check out Helm Magazine’s write-up of the film and the event.

Official Movie Site
13 Months of Sunshine IMDB Profile

Superbad

Superbad is amazingly funny, despite its excess of dick jokes. Or maybe because of them. Either way, this film is a winner.