It is really getting to be more and more difficult to tell the difference between the Oscars and the Film Independent Spirit Award presentation. OK, there are some differences. For one, two-time Spirit winner James Franco seemed more animated at the Spirit Fest than he...
Previously I asked if everything was changing at an alarming rate. The question was meant to be provocative. But now, it is simply rhetorical. The political landscape is changing as a battle for the economic soul of the nation erupts throughout various state houses. Diametrically opposed...
Is it just me, or are we living in some pretty confusing times? Seemingly this is an era so lacking a center that everything appears to be flying every which way like a handful of nuts in a washing machine during the spin cycle. A year...
This is truly a land of opportunity. Why, hardly a day goes by when I don't receive various offers via e-mail, social networks or even the good old-fashioned telephone. I've got people in Africa who want to make me a millionaire, timeshare companies in Florida...
Death and taxes are life's two certainties. However, death rarely changes its rules, while tax laws can be more fluid than the Mississippi during a flash flood. This is especially true with the system of tax incentives used by various states as an attraction for...
The Academy Awards are a bit like a hot dog. They're popular, largely lacking in any nutritional value, and nobody needs to know how they're made. That may be the real reason why they're called the Oscars. But the Academy Awards are still viewed as the...
On January 27, the YouTube movie comes of age. I mean movies made via YouTube for YouTube (as opposed to movies that just kind of get dumped there). This is the date for the premiere screening of Life in a Day at the Sundance Film...
It has long been rumored that Martin Scorsese was planning to do a sequel to Taxi Driver. But why did he relocate the story to Tuscon, Arizona? OK, the old movie Taxi Driver is probably not particularly connected to last weekend's massacre in Tuscon (though news...
Hard to believe it's already 2011 and I still don't have a flying car. No personal robot, either. I'm beginning to think I'm stuck in an endless loop of the 1990s. Much the same could be said of the list of projected movie releases for...
Prophesy is a tough business. Even the best prophets have a pretty low accuracy rate, and the entire profession is open to many well-deserved bad jokes and cheap shots. The only positive side is that the job requires no advanced degree, and you get to...