Hiding Out (1987) – It’s always gratifying when a movie I haven’t seen for thirty years still entertains. Jon Cryer (pre-Two and a Half Men) stars as a stockbroker who needs to stay alive to testify in a federal case; when his FBI handlers get killed by a hitman, he shaves his beard, bleaches his…
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Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post
A couple that are now available in my Etsy store… …and the rest directly from my sketchbook:
Movies Seen Recently: The Village, Croc, Code 8
The Village (2004) – Shucks, you don’t need me to tell you about this, right? I mean, I’m probably the last person to see it who’d ever want to. As with most Shyamalan movies, it’s visually arresting, well acted, and paced with understatement… and the twist ends up making you say, “Now, wait a sec……
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A couple for sale, now posted in my Etsy store… …and the rest from my sketchbook:
Movies Seen Recently: Man-Thing, The Last Hard Men, Kill Command
Man-Thing (2005) – Listen, I get really, really peeved when movies treat a sheriff as a town official at the mercy of the mayor, or someone who’s appointed or just “sent in” after filling out an application. Listen up, Hollywood! A sheriff is (a) a county office, not someone over a specific town, and (b)…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A couple for sale in my Etsy store… …and the rest directly from my sketchbook:
Finding pricks to kick.
I really don’t understand some people. (Which probably says something about my limitations as a fiction writer, but…) A couple of the blogs I follow are by erudite fellows — one an academic, the other an autodidact — who post thoughtful, faith-infused comments on history or politics or apologetics or personal experience from a Latter-day…
Movies Seen Recently: Epoch, Parasyte, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Epoch (2001) – When a bizarre monolith that’s apparently been buried in the earth for four billions years decides to resurface in Bhutan and heal everyone in the surrounding vicinity, the US government (by invitation) sends a team to examine it, consisting of a bunch of army grunts, the requisite Pretty Lady Scientist, and a…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A couple for sale on my Etsy page… …and the rest directly from my sketchbook.
Movies Seen Recently: Hard Cash, War, Supercop
Hard Cash (2002) – Christian Slater is clever thief who spends a couple of years in the pen and gets out wondering what to do. Val Kilmer is a dirty FBI agent who just happens to use the same betting office to launder his marked currency that Slater and his team hit in a polished…