I've been wanting to see this movie for years.  It wasn't available until just recently, but it is finally out on DVD, so I finally ...

This review is part of Legends of Western Cinema week. This Western has been part of my life since I was young.  It is a powerful movi...

As part of Legends of Western Cinema week, I'll be posting a couple Western movie themed posts this week.  Check out their page for lin...

Because by Friday evening, I am utterly exhausted, but happy because it's Friday, which tends to make me slaphappy, I present something ...

If we had a way of communicating without being limited to the palette of the written word, I could explain what music means to me.  I could ...

Wow.  What a wacky mix of a movie.  WWII film, but quite different from the standard WWII fare. Minor spoilers follow. Oliver Reed stars...

My latest short story, "The Right Man for the Job," is now out in print or on kindle from Amazon , in the latest volume of th...

There are losses that leave you sad, and then there are losses that tear holes in the fabric of your daily life.  Losses where nothing will ...

Every time I start to write something more meaningful than just how hard Horner's death has hit me, I... can't.  Not yet. But I have...

I decided to check the news before I went to bed, and I found out James Horner died today in a plane crash. You know how there's some t...

Of these, I've only seen Chinatown . Chain Reaction (1996) - I own the CD, but it is still unopened.  I have to keep a few CDs unliste...

How fun!  Hamlette tagged me for this.  Disney movies, The Wonderful World of Disney (tv show), and Disneyland were such formative factors i...