It’s time for some football. As always I like to make my predictions and this year I start with the NFC. There are really aren’t too many surprises but I will say that I’m not excited about the Eagles or the Cardinals. Those teams will struggle. Tampa Bay and Carolina are intriguing but the biggest question mark is reserved for the NFC North. What will injuries do to the Vikings? Are the Bears really primed for a move? Is Detroit better than they…well, how could the be any worse?

I’m a little conflicted about the resolution the NAACP issued regarding the racism of the Tea Party. On one hand, we are talking about the NAACP which is something that rarely happens. On the other hand, if this is the only thing about the conference we are discussing, doesn’t that say something about the lack of depth coming out of the NAACP?
The NAACP is struggling with relevancy and is having a hard time attracting younger people to their cause. But the problem is that no one can really define their …

I was listening to a young girl read a fairytale book featuring a Disney princess. We are all familiar with the Disney meme: And they lived happily ever after. It’s a simple storyline and fitting for the imagination of a four-year-old girl. However, at the end of her fourth book this girl asked an interesting question.  She asked, “What happens after they get married?” Instinctively, this young, innocent girl knew that there is something more to the ongoing relationship between Snow White and the Prince then what the story suggested.
We …

The good folks of Arizona want the rest of the country to believe that their new immigration law is Constitutional and will certainly not lead to racial profiling. They are doing their best to communicate how law-abiding Mexicans have nothing to worry about as long as they are wearing the right type of shoes or dressed appropriately American. Now, I for one have not learned to determine someone’s citizenship based on their shoes. Hell, the airlines can’t even stop a would-be terrorist from getting on a plane with explosives in their shoes.

2001 wasn’t my favorite year for movies, but I can admit some powerful movies did come out that year. Anyway if your a film fan or not a film fan I think these movies in general are worth looking at.
1) In The Bedroom
2) Memento
3) Black Hawk Down
4) Mulholland Drive
5) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of
the Ring
6) The Royal Tenebaums
7) Amelie
Life As A House
9) Gosford Park
t-10) Murder on a Sunday Morning
t-10) AI
Honorable Mentions:
Monster’s Ball
I Am Sam
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Ocean’s Eleven
Vanilla Sky

2001 wasn’t my favorite year for movies, but I can admit some powerful movies did come out that year. Anyway if your a film fan or not a film fan I think these movies in general are worth looking at.
1) In The Bedroom
2) Memento
3) Black Hawk Down
4) Mulholland Drive
5) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of
the Ring
6) The Royal Tenebaums
7) Amelie
Life As A House
9) Gosford Park
t-10) Murder on a Sunday Morning
t-10) AI
Honorable Mentions:
Monster’s Ball
I Am Sam
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Ocean’s Eleven
Vanilla Sky

A few weeks ago I had a film conversation with
a few people that I have met here in South Korea.
It was an interesting conversation. We talked
about acting and movies from the present and
the past. One thing that I took away from the
conversation is how I miss old movies. Why do
I miss them because they mattered?
I’m not saying that the movies now don’t matter
movies that I have loved from the past decade
dealt with several important issues. I was very
impressed with Traffic which dealt with a issue
that I feel is very much …

Watch any action movie and you’ll see the following formula: hero first depicted as ordinary or as a louse; a call to action after hero is wronged by villain, final scene and hero wins the battle, the girl all while achieving self-actualization. Clash of the Titans followed the formula with perfection and tossed in some cool graphics for good measure but left everything that makes a movie worth watching on the cutting room floor. The movie was clumsy at best with an assortment of characters that you wanted to …

This is especially important for the Super Bowl. I never liked the idea that a game as important as the Super Bowl can come down to who wins the coin toss. This format is better than the college format because it still maintains a ‘Sudden Death’ aspect to it. A defensive-minded team can hold a high-powered offense to a field goal, it gives their offense the incentive to score a touchdown and win or at least tie it again and put the pressure back on the defense.