What did FX ever do the Emmys? Did someone from the network kick their cats or miss someone’s birthday or something? Because I can’t understand how the FX network continues to produce some of the best TV out there and not get recognized come awards time. To wit: Sons of Anarchy? Zilch. How can you skip [...]
Need some major stress-relief? You could do a 90-minute yoga session, get an adjustment at the chiropractor, take an hour for mindful meditation … or just could go see Super 8. From American Graffiti and The Goonies to Empire of the Sun, E.T., Poltergeist, and A.I., Steven Spielberg has a way of capturing the spirit [...]
The Tree of Life is contemplative, ethereal, impressionistic, and ultimately indecipherable. But indecipherable is appropriate, because the film deals with the “big issues” of the meaning of life and loss, the man vs. nature conundrum. Nature is beautiful, but it’s also mangy. If you grew up sometime in the 1950s to the 1970s in one [...]
Summer used to be a dead zone when it came to new programming on TV. Then God invented cable, and all became right with the world. USA, TNT, FX, AMC, A&E continue to crank out new programming all the time, hitting their stride in the summer when the networks offer little competition. The cable game has grown so much [...]
Diane Williams reviews her Washington DC 48 Hour Film Project experience. This year, 105 teams signed up for the Washington DC 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP), and were divided into eight groups of 13 or 14 teams each. Each team in a group drew a genre from a hat so that when the films were [...]
A few years ago, a friend suggested I read Stephen King’s On Writing. Of course I had heard of it, but since I had not read any of King’s work, I couldn’t imagine what I’d gain from Mr. Horror’s advice. But I trusted this fellow writer, and ordered the book. As I began reading, I [...]
Write On! Review – Haiku On! By Cara Holman haiku moment… ink drying on the page It’s April again—the time of year when days are growing longer, robins and Canada geese wend their way back, crocuses and daffodils spring up everywhere, and poets from around the world gather in droves on cyberspace to celebrate National [...]
Arthur, the 1981 romantic comedy with Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and Sir John Gielgud, is the story of an irresponsible, very wealthy and most-often drunk playboy who is to marry a woman he doesn’t love, or lose his millions, when he meets and falls in love with another woman. When billboards started appearing for the [...]
I have to admit, when Starz announced it was doing a series called Camelot, I had mixed feelings. Having studied the King Arthur legend extensively in high school and in college, I was hoping it was going to be a faithful adaption of many of the books based upon the legend. On the other hand, I [...]
In recent years documentaries including The 11th Hour and An Inconvenient Truth have been visually provocative wake-up calls about our impacts on the environment. Add Vanishing of the Bees as this year’s very important “call to action” for our environment. Honeybees from just one hive can visit more than 100,000 flowers in a single day [...]
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The leader of Write On!, Debra has been a professional writer for more than 15 years. She has expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking. Write On! is a virtual writers support group, which helps writers of all abilities, mediums, and specialties take their projects to the next level.
