Noah: It's a Miracle!
It could have been a disaster. An implausible story from a book of often improbable events written by desert-dwellers 2,000 years ago. A man lives to be 950 years old. He has children when he is 500...
View ArticleJim Jarmusch Turns the Vampire Myth: Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch, the celebrated indie filmmaker gives the vampire genre a clever tweak in his new movie, Only Lovers Left Alive. If you've been around sucking blood for centuries, you've probably met...
View ArticleStuff Happens: Errol Morris' Unknown Known
Donald Rumsfeld, for no apparent reason, agreed to allow Fog of War documentarian Errol Morris to interview him. Was it to assure his legacy? We may never know. When the filmmaker asks him that very...
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'Noah' Review: 8 Observations About Darren Aronofsky's Captivating But Flawed...
"Noah" floods theaters this weekend with perhaps as much controversy as it will cash flow. Darren Aronofsky's religious epic cost at least $125 million to make, and now it opens with close eyes on how...
View ArticleA Biblical Review Of Noah
Biblical themes have been used throughout history to share the universal struggle of humanity; temptation, rebellion, coming of age, the degradation of the moral compass, courage in the face of...
View ArticleThe Makers of Noah Straddled the Fence
Noah is a movie made for controversy. Unless it provides a visual story that is a literal translation of the scripture it will not satisfy the purists. If it is a total retelling of the Bible story it...
View ArticleTheater: "Les Miz" A Pleasure (And Not A Guilty One); "Breathing Time" Expires
LES MISERABLES *** 1/2 out of **** BREATHING TIME * 1/2 out of **** LES MISERABLES *** 1/2 out of **** IMPERIAL THEATRE I really do love Les Miserables. I listened to the cast album(s) again and again...
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New Carlene Carter Album Bridges Three Generations
Carlene Carter's new album Carter Girl (Rounder), a tribute to the musical heritage of her fabled family, is a triumph. "Legendary" is a shamefully overused word, but how else to describe Carlene's...
View ArticleLes Miserables: Epic Crowd Pleaser
The revival of Les Miserables comes weighted with history, and not just the French Revolution as Victor Hugo imagined it: a long running Broadway original, a more recent revival, an Oscar nominated...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name? Captain America: The Winter Soldier
These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Idina Menzel's What/If Is Extremely Iffy
Give me a minute here while I clear my head after attending last night's performance of If/Then, the new musical starring Idina Menzel. Never mind. I'll just have to confess I can't keep straight what...
View ArticleWil Wheaton Talks TableTop Day!
Wil Wheaton isn't just some guy from Star Trek or The Big Bang Theory. He's an ambassador for the world of board gaming. He's been through two seasons of his show TableTop for Geek&Sundry, and he's...
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Mae Whitman doesn't want to Tinker with the way Disneytoon Studios has been...
It was early 2008 when Mae Whitman got this mysterious call from her voiceover agent, Melissa. "She was telling me that Disney had this very important project but that they wouldn't tell Melissa what...
View ArticleCan You Architect Virality? Absolutely. Here's How
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Most would disagree that it is possible to architect virality. But it is. As Kevin Allocca points out in his TED talk, "communities of...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Dreams We Dream
I was barely six years old and in Kindergarten when I penned my first short story about a dinosaur egg being discovered on a farm. My teacher told my mom that I'd be a writer some day. Somewhere...
View ArticleFemale Sex Appeal Gone Wrong
Everyone has a different opinion on what's attractive; people come in so many shapes, sizes and colors that the spectrum of beauty is widely interpreted. This in turn brings up the question, what's the...
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29th Annual April Fool's Day Parade
The New York April Fools' Committee Announces: New York City's 29th Annual April Fools' Day Parade "Everybody Must Get Stoned" For three decades, New York City's Annual April Fools' Day Parade has...
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Conscious Uncoupling: An Oxymoron
The other day I was interviewed by a reporter asking my opinion about a program soon-to-be-divorced actress Gwyneth Paltrow participated in called "Conscious Uncoupling." This program is designed to...
View ArticleWhat Can American Idol Teach Us About Confidence?
"Let me listen to me, not to them." - Gertrude Stein Are you watching American Idol this season? I noticed something interesting about the "confidence arc" of this season's contestants. On the initial...
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8 TV-Show Creators Killing it Right Now
The golden age of TV is upon us, but do you know who are the ones actually spinning the gold? I share my list of the top TV show creators bringing raw, new, original ideas to the thirsty masses. Some...
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