This dead on, accurate quote from an editorial by conservative columnist David Brooks. "I sometimes wonder if the Republican Party has become the receding roar of white America as it pines for a way of life that will never return." So true, so true.

My friend Ty Frank had a wonderful blog post that I read today entitled Giving Birth.  Something he said got me thinking about the difference between plot and meaning.  What happens versus what it's about. I realized that for years when I ran writer's rooms...

I’m making my way through Dragon Age 2.  I started it once, hated it a lot and quit playing.  I went back to it because I’m missing Ferelden (not that it’s set in Ferelden, but at least I hear about the old country.)  I also realized I...

As many of you know I was really nervous to see this movie.  I feared I would be reduced to a blubbering mess, but it didn't happen because the movie was flat and played at only one emotional note through the entire thing.  The horse(s) -- I presume there...

I was reflecting about President Obama today as I was running errands.  Thinking about how Rick Santorum accused him of hubris and snobbery.  And I realized that they're reacting to this man's incredible control and dignity. I was thinking about the Ken...

It used to be that we talked about racial dog whistles when discussing the Republicans.  Well, they are no longer dog whistles.  They're just shouting out to the worst tendencies in people. Let's review Gingrich and Santorum over the past few days. First...

Went and saw the Fincher movie on News Years Day.  I've read the books, and see the Swedish, dubbed version of the film so it was going to be a real test if a nearly 3 hour movie of something I was already well acquainted with was going to hold my interest....

Went and saw the latest entry in the MI franchise last night.  It qualified as Big Dumb Fun, and Tom Cruise was witty and charismatic.  There's a reason he's a big star even if as a person he's  a flake.  They've also stopped trying to hide that...

There had been so much critical acclaim for this film that I finally went to see it.  (I also went to see it because it had a 7:35 start time which was easier to make than other films.)  I had also read Walter Jon's blog post about how it was the best use of...

I liked this movie better than the first one.  The first film had a terrible script that was badly structured.  By the time you found out the nefarious plot -- in act three so you didn't give a f**k because you had never met any members of Parliament so it...