Cinematography. Violent. Unwieldy. Methodical. Unvarnished. Feel. Language. Plodding. Visceral. Waffling. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, brad pitt, crime films, Film, film reviews, killing them softly, mob films, movies, opinion, violent films

Dialogue. Story. Phrenology. Cast. Brutal. Soundtrack. Gripping. Feel. Freedom. YES. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, Christoph Waltz, django unchained, Film, film reviews, jamie foxx, movie reviews, movies, opinion, screenplays, Tarantino

I’m sentimental, empathetic, and very in tune with the feelings of others.  Always have been.  It’s the thing that makes me cry during silly commercials, sporting events, and when I hear a song on the radio that makes me think of someone I love.  I feel things deeply.  All things.  Sometimes this makes it h

We can be a divisive country.  Throw politics and religion into the mix of any conversation and it’s likely people will not agree on something.  It’s our passion and our conviction that makes us so.   In those moments of disagreement we are also not always our better selves.  We point fingers, call names, an

True. Surfing. Heart. Life. Attitude. Philosophy. Exploration. Jay. Frosty. Yes. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, based on true events, chasing mavericks, Film, film reviews, gerard butler, jay moriarty, jonny weston, movie reviews, movies, opinion, surfing films, true stories

True. Effects. Unbelievable. Family. Heart. Devastation. Tsunami. Watts. Holland. YES. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, Film, film reviews, movies, naomi watts, thailand tsunami, the impossible, tom holland, true stories, tsunami

Slow. Phoenix. Hoffman. Hue. Life. Words. Unstable. Cult. Quiet. yes. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, Film, film review, film reviews, hoffman, movie review, movies, opinion, phoenix, reviews, the master

Story. Beauty. Original. Quvenzhané. Acting. Life. Struggle. Fantasy. Narration. YES. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, beasts of the southern wild, Film, film reviews, movie reviews, movies, opinion

Intense. Spiral. Crash. Denzel. Careen. Alcohol. Acting. Effects. Control. Yes. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, denzel washington, Film, film reviews, flight, kelly reilly, movies, opinion

Interesting. True. Compelling. Intense. Lucky. Direction. Collaboration. Elaborate. Secret. Yes. Filed under: 10 Word Review, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, argo, ben affleck, Film, film reviews, movie reviews, movies, opinion

I know I just did a 10 Word Review about Roger Ebert‘s Film Festival otherwise known as Ebertfest, but even though I put down those words I still feel there’s more to say.  Now, sitting here, it’s sort of tough to put what I think I want to say in words so bear with me. [...]

Profound. Documentary. Courageous. Fly. Fishing. Emotional. Strong. Struggle. Accomplishment. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, Not Yet Begun To Fight, reviews

Nonsensical. Strange. Monochromatic. Confusing. Ridiculousness. Shiny. Uncomfortable. Hairball. Mess. No. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, Escape From Tomorrow, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, reviews

Sweet. Authentic. Endearing. Performance. Young. Dialogue. Likable. Awakening. Now. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, reviews, The Spectacular Now

Documentary. Truth. Faith. Guru. Belief. Inner. Search. Journey. Teaching. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, Kumare, movie reviews, movies, reviews

Monochrome. Silent. Light. Close. Pepe. Bullfight. Tragedy. Story. Beautiful. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Blancanieves, Ebertfest, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, reviews

Intellect. Art. Community. Passion. Respect. Love. Honor. Inspiring. Joy. YES. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Film, film festivals, movie

Real. Alcoholic. Messy. Roadblocks. Talk. Border. Ferocious. Careening. Close. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, Julia, movie reviews, movies, reviews, Tulsa Swinton

Honor. Color. Scene. Obligation. Play. Creative. Mountain. Sadness. Throwaway. Yes. Filed under: Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, The ballad of Narayama (1958)

Inevitability. Hopeless. Oslo. Homage. Direction. Beauty. Visual. Anders. Addiction. Yes. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, Ebertfest, film reviews, films, movie reviews, movies, Oslo August 31

Performance. Flavor. Texas. Townspeople. Funny. True. Black. Character. Direction. YES. This is my second review of Bernie. I enjoyed it even more this time around. Watching it with the film loving community at Ebertfest this year was wonderful. Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, b

Heart. Sweet. Direction. Dialogue. Emotional. Warm. Parent. Family. Equality. YES. Filed under: Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, film reviews, films, In the family, movie reviews, movies, Patrick wang

Detachment. Community. Fading. Separation. Connection. Short. Wine. Internal. Music. Yes. Filed under: Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Film, film reviews, movie, movie reviews, short film

Loneliness. Seeking. Madness. Hope. Color. Beauty. Lot. Sinking. Lost. Yes. Filed under: Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, film reviews, films, John hurt, movie reviews, movies, opinion, Paul cox, reviews

 Light. Lyrical. Soft. Sad. Tragic. Poetry. Narration. Art. Beautiful. Yes.   Filed under: 10 Word Review, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: 10 Word Review, Ebertfest, Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, Film, film reviews, gere, movie reviews, movies, terrence malick

Subtle. Shirt. Note. Feelings. Memory. Quiet. Expression. Empty. Intimate. Yes.   Filed under: Art, Ebertfest 2013, Film, In My Opinion Tagged: Ebertfest, Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, film festivals, film review, films, Grace Wang, I Remember, movies, reviews

We’ve been back home now for a few days, but before we actually arrived here, on the last day of our anniversary road trip, Karen and I made a little list of stuff as we were driving.  Notes about things we saw, stuff we did, people we met, etc.  So without further ado, here it [...]

I’d never owned a house.  I was, until I met Karen, a gypsy of sorts.  I moved and moved all up and down the valley, over to the beach, down to Southern Oregon, and back to the valley.  When a person moves so much they tend to pare down.  Meaning I also didn’t have much [...]

“I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Filed under: Words Written Tagged: ferlinghetti, Quotes, wonder

Conquest. Manipulation. Republic. History. Fascinating. Bloody. Intense. Dark. Pullo. Yes. Filed under: 10 Word Review, In My Opinion, TV Tagged: 10 Word Review, hbo, rome, television, tv