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May.20.2013
It was over thirty years ago that the Hollywood Blockbuster Season gave us “Odorama.” Yup, 1981’s version of 3-D was a scratch and sniff card with numbered aromas. When a number flashed on the screen, we in the audience would scratch. It was a John Waters gimmick for his film, “Polyester,” which...
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May.19.2013
There's nothing quite as fascinating - or as hopeful - as the re-creation of an old movie or, in this case a TV series. But you never experience a good reboot, it seems, or if you do, it's a man bites dog affair.
The missus and I went to see the '09 version of this reincarnated...
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May.17.2013
(I have Dallas Comic Con this weekend. So we went to the movies last night! Yay)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood,...
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Dec.09.2012
There are many things a working writer has to do that have nothing to do with writing.
Remembering to come over to Red Room to blog once in a while, for instance. Marketing/promotion are very much a part of the writing profession these days, more so than ever before, and those of us who neglect it...
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Dec.02.2012
It’s that time of the year again, when my inner voices have an unending argument that may even sound a little like some families’ Christmas-dinner conversation writ large: You don’t understand how I feel! The whole world isn’t about you! Why do I have to play by your rules?
The word for today...
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Oct.27.2012
October 27
SLIPSTREAM
I look in the rearview mirror; I see the headliner and a river of road flowing out behind me. Dual viewing is the kind gift of hindsight. I can see my internal workings and the past laid bare. The beauty and sadness can...
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Aug.20.2012
William Windom was an intelligent award-winning actor with the folksy attributes of a Will Rogers. His performances were quite understated in a way that Spencer Tracy and Paul Scofield crafted in their screen roles.
Windom had a simple movie career with parts in To Kill a...
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May.25.2012
The desire to merge, to unify, to become one with another being has always been a part of the passionate human existence. More than just an insurance of the continuance of the species, our deepest connections reach beyond the mere physical, into the depths of the mind, psyche, and spirit. Union -...
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May.06.2012
The Griffith Observatory overlooking L.A. is as famous as the Hollywood Sign. Over the last decade, it’s received a facelift; due to the hefty contributions of science fiction-cinematic legend and his wife. The naming of the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon recognizes...
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May.02.2012
Indisputably the most popular original series episode, The City on the Edge of Forever written by Harlan Ellison, is a poignant tribute to the heroic ideal.
It is a classic tragedy. Captain Kirk must allow, even facilitate, the death of the woman he loves (Edith Keeler), in order to retrieve the...
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