Hello Write Readers, Next up on our list of Academy Award Best Picture nominees – Her. Boy am I glad that I didn’t give up on Joaquin Phoenix. When you combine a not crazy Joaquin Phoenix and the voice of Scarlett Johansson, and add a very large and bushy mustache (not on Scarlett) you get…
Hello Beautiful People, I first fell in love with Erika Robuck when a copy of Hemingway’s Girl found its way into my hands. Since then, I’ve read every book she’s ever written, most recently, Fallen Beauty. I’m honored to have The Write Teacher(s) participate in her Blog Tour, and I’m thrilled to announce that we’ll be…
Hello Write Readers, This Oscar season, we’re seeing some repeats: biographies, controversial topics/minority subject representation, and Matthew McConaughey. In fact, Dallas Buyers Club manages to be all three at once! It combines a true story, HIV/AIDS, and you guessed it- Mr. McConaughey and his all-important costar, Matthew McConaughey’s facial hair. That mustache is just amazing….
Hello Friends, You’re alone. Alone, and out to fix all the wrongs done to you in recent years. Wrongs perpetrated by one person in particular. The end-result of a complicated relationship that had only recently concluded. Or did it? You can’t trust anyone, because you never know who’s actually on your side. And sometimes it…
Hello Write Readers, Let’s keep moving down our list. We’ve arrived at: movies involving Tom Hanks for 500. There’s a lot more to Captain Phillips than Tom Hanks, but really folks. Tom Hanks. How long has he been doing this? How long has he been making nominatable movies? In his entire career, Tom Hanks has…
Hello Write Readers, As you all are well aware at this point, I don’t do sad space movies (and really is there any other kind?) Sad space movies are on my list along with war movies and animal movies (including CGI animals, unless it’s Disney/Pixar, but not UP). There is something heart wrenching about space…
Hello Friends, I’m going to say something brave. This season of American Horror Story sucked. Now, don’t hate me. And before you all get your Stevie Nicks knickers all up in a wad, let me explain. I really love the American Horror Story franchise. I’ve been a fan from the very start of the first…
Hello Beautiful People, I think tiny beautiful things should be required reading for all people who are living. All. People. I don’t care who you are. I don’t care about your race. Your gender. Your religion. Your economic status. I don’t care what your education level is. You must read this book. Did you get…
Hello Beautiful People, When the folks at Argo Navis Author Services email you asking if you’d consider covering Three War Stories, by David Mamet, you say yes. When anyone asks you to cover anything related to David Mamet, well, you say yes. Why? Because it’s David Mamet. David Mamet is a stage and film director as…
Dear Write Readers, Did you know that Ben Stiller is actually a good actor? Because I didn’t. I’m going to be very honest – I did not have high expectations when I showed up in the theatre for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. While I had seen the trailers, and they looked promising, I…