Review: Oscar Animated Shorts

I watched the animated Oscar-nominated short films this past weekend. Halfway through the film, I lost my cell phone and was distracted. I found it halfway through an animated short where a naked man is flying in the air…seriously you know what was flying mid-air on the big screen. It was beautiful to watch these…

Review: The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle Book Review: Jeanette Walls writes the Glass Castle. It is a memoir about Ms. Walls's life, her parents, and three siblings. Jeannette was the second oldest. It went like this Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Maureen. The family was nomads or homeless depending on how you want to depict their situation. The parents…

Review: Violent Night

Violent Night directed by Tommy Wirkola stars David Harbour. David Harbour is one of those actors I love to support. I don't know him personally, but I have watched his interviews, and he seems like a good person. I like to support good people always. Sometimes I don't think my support means anything, and it…

Review: Bones and All

I am adding one more writing assignment to my life. I want to write reviews on movies and television shows. The reviews will be a separate entity from my Monday and Wednesday blogs. The blog will publish on Fridays, just in time for the weekend. I might not be as consistent as the other two…

#207 Ding Dong Ditch: A Haunted School

I’ve been feeling inspired lately. It might be the one rainy day in Los Angeles or the spooky season. Maybe it's that my workplace seems even more spooky with the yellow and red leaves flowing with the wind all over the playground and little children playing. As a substitute teacher, I move around a lot…

#65 Getting a gig on the NBC Studios lot

Multi million dollar sets. A huge lot with so many “filmmakers”….what is the big hurray about it? Why do so many young souls leave their families to try and break into an industry where twelve hour days are considered a short day. Where budgets are constantly an issue and having a personal life is impossible…