The studio production process in TV/film forces mediocrity. Look to web-centric productions for the emerging wave of quality entertainment. Indie artists are producing Hollywood-quality work for cheap on the web, without studio constraints. [Continue]

Forget the English version of this flick: Noomi Rapace in the original is the bomb, and a double for Reva, my assassin protagonist in Mainline. [Continue]

The Chinese family central to Ang Lee's "Eat Drink Man Woman" was in part written by pretending the family was Jewish, and "letting it rip." What does this say about cultural identity? [Continue]

"The Blind Side" - football biopic, true story and featuring Sandra Bullock. Thoughts, impressions and WOW factor, discussed. I was really rocked by this much more than expected. Did I say WOW. [Continue]

The movie Seven Pounds is unexpectedly provocative and moving. It, along with Donnie Darko and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, are a batch of viewing that continues to haunt my thoughts. Great if dark-tinged storytelling, all three of them. [Continue]

Impressions about the movie Donnie Darko, and a nod to Mary McDonnell. I sure didn't see *that* ending coming. Wow. (No spoilers.) [Continue]