I was browsing the Seattle International Film Festival catalog, trying to map my schedule through all the films I want to see, when I began to notice a curious trend. My movie “Tex: Vampire Hunter” was not selected for SIFF this year (got in to STIFF), but I have now discovered the secret to getting [...]
Ms. Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side. I didn’t see the movie, but I know it’s bad, not because it’s yet another vehicle for privileged white people to vicariously feel good about themselves for helping the downtrodden, the ilk of which we’ve seen a million times before. No, it’s bad and I [...]
I’ve been hearing some things, muttered in class and whispered in the dark, rounded corners of Facebook, that I take issue with. They are the weak and cowardly phenomenon known as excuses. They usually pop up in one of two cases: