Movies

How To Watch Star Wars

03.15.2012 Movies

I noticed the other day a discussion about “Star Wars viewing order.” Frankly, I hadn’t thought about it that much, but upon reflection, I do find that I have an opinion on the subject. Therefore, here is my recommended viewing order: Watch Star Wars Watch The Empire Strikes Back Don’t watch anything else You can [...]

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Billions Of Dollars, Theirs For The Taking

02.21.2012 Business

It’s all about sunshine. Jen was home from college the other day and when we settled into Cinema Murray to watch a movie, she said, “Have you seen Sunshine? I really liked it and would watch it again.” We had not, but it was on my list to watch. I didn’t have it in my [...]

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Writing Assignment: Love It Or Hate It

09.16.2011 Writing Assignments

Expressing a strong opinion well is one of the most difficult things a writer can do. Initial reactions can be powerful, visceral, and difficult to translate into cool, evidence-based logical discourse. That’s not to say that opinions and reactions have to be logical or cool. But to put your reaction and thoughts in writing, to [...]

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The Play’s The Thing

03.15.2011 The life of the mind

My recent trip to see one of my plays produced brought the value of live theater right back to the forefront of my thinking. I’m a bit of a radical when it comes to theater history and philosophy. I don’t think that theater is a sophisticated development of advanced civilizations and societies. I believe that [...]

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Writing Assignment: Tweet A Movie Review

10.08.2010 Movies

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: review a movie in 140 characters. The movie review is a well-established writing form, but one that often seems to produce reviews that run longer than the movie itself. There are those who use the opportunity to [...]

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