Category Archives: film

Reflections on the silver screen

Movie Time! The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband (2008) stars Uma Thurman and some fellow by the name of Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a romantic comedy.  As usual, I'm rather critical of the romance in most movies, and I'll try to articulate what it is about this flick that I think could've been done better.

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Movie Time! Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia puts the wonderful Meryl Streep into the shoes of Julia Child, the famously warm and down to earth American chef with her own cooking show on television.  The film is the vessel for a great narrative and an excellent performance from Ms. Streep.  But as enjoyable as it was, there were some glaring […]

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Movie Time! Zombieland disappoints

Zombieland isn't exactly a movie that I feel inclined to wax philosophical about. I'm not going to write up a long winded review or anything. It doesn't deserve my beautiful prose. I'm just going to wing it, so here goes.
What do I love about zombie movies? It's that sense that the entire world has collapsed into […]

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Movie Time! 'Observe and Report' from a security officer's perspective

As usual, Wistful Writer will not spoil movies he reflects on. There are no major spoilers here, only one very minor one.

"Observe and Report". As a security professional myself, I immediately recognized the phrase. It is a phrase used to summarize the some of the primary duties of a security officer. It is not the place of […]

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Once Upon a Time In Bohan — My own Western short film

I got sick over the summer, came down with some major flu or something. During that time, I took the chance to watch a couple of long movies I had put off for a while. One of them was Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. It was this film that turned me into a lover […]

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Movie time! I Love You, Man

Friday night. I'm a single man who isn't out on the prowl for young ladies. I'm looking for a good time though. So what do I do? I flip through the long list of movies that I still haven't watched. I just finished a How I Met Your Mother binge, and was still in the mood for light […]

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On Writing: Novel or screenplay? (and how the summer sucks for writing)

I had made my decision to move from writing for film to writing a novel a while ago. I wish I had come across this article first: it would've sped up my decision making process. The article clarifies my instincts and expresses what I felt about the distinction between the two mediums.

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