Success: Can You Spell That Without Any S’s?
The wonderful feature film Akeelah and the Bee is about friendship, community, achievement, and love. If I had enough money, I would give multiple copies of this movie to every single educational inst…
How To Be The Model Movie Watcher
We have all been there: the lights dim, the surround sound booms, and then, of course…the cell phone rings.Movies are meant to be an escape, but it is often times difficult to slip into a different …
Meet Kevin Spacey: Superman Returns
Early reviews of Superman Returns, the latest in the Superman film franchise directed by Bryan Singer, have picked out Kevin Spacey’s Lex Luther as the pick of the performances.“Kevin Spac…
The Explosion of Video Online
In just over a year, the idea of easily uploading your home videos or personal creative projects to an easily accessible, popular web destination has gone from “unheard of” to commonplace. The explos…
Plot Points — Thieve’s Highway (1949)
Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Internet Movies, The Old Superman Is One Of Those You Can Download
The man form Krypton has arrived again to the silver screen at theaters around the world. This time his arrival has been quite anticipated by Hollywood marketing campaigns though, in my opinion, it ha…
So You Want to be a Film Critic Part I
So you want to be a movie critic? Who doesn’t. It is a great job to have. I mean if you love movies, then what better way to make a living then watching them and telling people what you think abou…
Movie Review - Confidence (2003)
CONFIDENCE (2003) is a slick greased-lightning of a con story that some reviewers I believe mistook for a classic “caper” movie like Ocean’s 11 or 12.The writing by Doug Jung is fresh, witty and with …

