my reads: ‘The Devil in the White City’ by Erik Larson
Have you ever heard of H.H. Holmes? He’s basically America’s Jack the Ripper…
Year: 2010
subscription drive update: off and running
I’m looking for at least 5,000 readers to subscribe to FlickFilosopher.com for at least a buck per month by October 1.
deep thought (re the journalmalism of cable news)
How does a 24-hour news channel “run out of time” to cover a story?
what he said: the Chicago ‘Tribune’s Michael Phillips…
…on what arts criticism is, and what it isn’t…
cinematic roots of: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’
In *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,* Michael Cera is forced to battle, videogame style, his new girlfriend’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) ex-boyfriends in order to win her hand. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘The Expendables’
In *The Expendables,* writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone gathers together a small mercenary army of leftover 80s action stars and a few wannabe youngsters to kick some ass and take some names. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Eat Pray Love’
In *Eat Pray Love,* Julia Roberts’s newly divorced writer travels to Rome, India, and Bali in order to figure out who she is and what she wants from life, and creating her own family of friends along the way. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
does Hollywood have a new formula?; James Franco and ‘Twilight’?; the 11-year-old movie critic; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
Saturday cute: 20-sided-die tattoo
Courage? More like hope and luck…
question of the weekend: What’s your Internet speed, and what do you pay for it?
I ran a few tests on my Net connection this morning, all within a few minutes of one another, and here are the results…
