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#042 - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
December 7, 2025
Hello and welcome to my web log. Today I watched Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011). Please excuse my prolonged absence from your inbox. 2011 also saw...
#041 - Fire Birds (1990)
January 1, 2025
Hello and welcome to my web log. Today I watched Fire Birds (1990). Fire Birds is a classic underdog story about a group of plucky upstarts (the United...
#040 - Pig (2021)
November 21, 2024
Hello and welcome to my web log. Tonight I watched Pig (2021). If you ever wondered what it would be like if Diogenes lived in Portland, well then good news:...
#039 - The Rock (1996) pt. 1 - Driving Too Fast in San Francisco in Popular Film
October 22, 2024
Hello and welcome to my web log. A couple of weeks back, I watched the first fifty minutes of The Rock (1996). The Rock is one of the most important movies...
#038 - Birdy (1984)
August 21, 2024
Hello and welcome to my web log. This past weekend I saw Birdy (1984). Birdy is one of those movies about a weird little guy and his flying contraption which...
#037 - Longlegs (2024)
July 24, 2024
Hello and welcome to my web log. Last night I saw Longlegs (2024). Sometimes a poem is just a list of grievances. I have a sunburn across the front of my...
#036 - Moonstruck (1987)
July 14, 2024
Hello and welcome to my web log. Tonight I watched Moonstruck (1987). It is still Werewolf Month, now almost three months later. I’m still in ragged jorts...
#035 - Arcadian (2024)
April 21, 2024
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last week I walked over to the little arthouse theatre in the historic speakeasy district and watched Arcadian (2024)....
#034 - Raising Arizona (1987)
March 24, 2024
Hello and welcome to my weblog. This time around I watched Raising Arizona (1987). One of my favorite songs is “Commandante” by the Mountain Goats but...
#033 - The Trust (2016)
February 11, 2024
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last week I watched The Trust (2016). One of the main things about Elijah Wood is anguish. His is the face of a cartoon...
#032 - Dying of the Light (2014)
February 2, 2024
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Dying of the Light (2014). Shortly before this film was released, Paul Schrader, the screenwriter slash...
#031 - Dream Scenario (2023)
December 2, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last night I watched Dream Scenario (2023). When one of the movies I watch for this project is very good, which I wish was...
#030 - Renfield (2023)
November 10, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Renfield (2023). Renfield is about the relationship between a wizened monster with a failing real estate...
#029 - Snake Eyes (1998)
August 7, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. On Friday evening, some friends surprised me with a screening of Snake Eyes (1998). In the opening shot of the film, a news...
#028 - Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
August 4, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Sympathy for the Devil (2023). Nic Cage, in a red sequined tuxedo jacket and matching dye job, plays Nic...
#027 - Amos & Andrew (1993)
July 30, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. A couple of weeks back I watched Amos & Andrew (1993). This movie is a slap-stick, zany buddy comedy about how racism in the...
#026 - The Green Fog (2017)
June 19, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched The Green Fog (2017). This afternoon some friends and I watched a couple of movies together and chatted...
#025 - Wild at Heart (1990)
June 8, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Over the weekend I watched Wild at Heart (1990). I like the idea of David Lynch films because I have fond memories of the...
#024 - Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
May 29, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. This afternoon I watched Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). There are three reasons, I think, why so many people my age have such an...
#023 - Kill Chain (2019)
May 26, 2023
Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last night I watched Kill Chain (2019). Cleverness is a trap; tattoo this backwards on my forehead and fill my home with...
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