Only five for the week — I intentionally took a break for Thanksgiving, and on Wednesday I plumb forgot…
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At long last, a Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post!
It took me six months, but I finally filled another sketchbook! I post scans of the sketches daily on Instagram, and each Monday collect them here.
Halloween Movie Marathon!
As is a longstanding family tradition, on the Friday before Halloween I host a movie marathon for my kids, when I’ll just keep throwing spooky movies on until everyone gives up and goes to bed. Only my 22-year-old still lives at home, but the others make sure their calendar is clear to come home for…
Evil, in your face.
I posted this on X, but I don’t want it to get lost in the worldwide whirlpool. People keep using the word “tragedy” to describe Charlie Kirk’s murder. It’s not. Technically, in a literary sense, a tragedy is a sad but cathartic story in which the protagonist’s actions and/or character flaw lead directly to his…
The Asylum goes to the Oscars.
On Facebook (which I only visit very rarely), screenwriter Bill Martell asked for titles and loglines for Asylum-style mockbusters based on Oscar-nominated movies. Here are the ones I thought of first: BACK FROM BROKEN MOUNTAIN – A cowboy once lost on Broken Mountain and presumed dead suddenly returns with amnesia… and memory flashes of an…
Movies Seen Recently: Falling Behind.
Wow. Without sketch-of-the-day omnibuses to post, the blog tends to lie fallow. And I’ve been doing more reading than movie-watching lately, so it’s taken a while for mini-reviews to stack up. Big Brother (2018) – Donnie Yen is a former U.S. Marine (it’s complicated) who comes back as a teacher to the same down-and-out Hong…