Going Extinct
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had a discussion about the future of the film business. If anyone can predict events in movie making it should be these guys, right? Click through. The […]
Kathleen’s posts
“Anna Karenina”: Enneagram of an Ambitious Work of Art
Films used to be more like Anna Karenina than they are now. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982), David Lynch’s Dune (1984), Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), Paddy Chayefsky’s Altered States (1980) — just […]
“A Mighty Wind”: Can a Mockumentary have an Enneagram?
No matter the style, if a film has a story arc told well, it will have an Enneagram. Christopher Guest, writer, director and actor in mockumentaries (including the granddaddy movie […]
The Lasso says No
The post gets the Wonder Woman “Fires of Truth” image. She senses a movie that must burn to the ground in shame. Two competing reviews came through my tabs today […]
Elven chit!!
Sorry for the spoiler, but you weren’t going to be able to avoid this info anyway. Legolas gets a girlfriend! Probably. The producers of the new Hobbit movie are trying […]
Sitcoms and the Fool: Arrested Development
I’ve been silent since my last sitcom musing, but don’t think my brain hasn’t been working. As you may recall, I was H8ing Raymond Barone for always being the episode’s problem. […]
Enneagram of “Morning Glory”
Full disclosure: I own this movie and watch it frequently. In my opinion Morning Glory is a winner. However, what does our Enneagram story system have to say? Not surprisingly, the […]
Pirates of the Caribbean, Parts 2 and 3
Here I am again as Ship Weekend continues. After last looking at Pirates of the Caribbean, Part 1, I am ready to move on. We have Pirates of the Caribbean: […]
Pirates of the Caribbean, Part 1
In our family, Memorial Day weekend is Ship Weekend. We watch tall ship movies. As I recall, one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies probably opened over a Memorial Day […]
Twitter Grab Bag
1) Juicy find this morning: Saruman sings heavy metal. #ineedgimmegimme 2) From a day or two ago I bookmarked this article on scientist priests throughout history. Besides listing Jesuits like Lemaitre, […]