I finally saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master today. It’s Anderson’s first film since 2008’s There Will Be Blood in which he directed Daniel Day Lewis to an Oscar for Best Actor. The Master was a sensation even before it opened the Venice Film Festival and had a gala screening at the Toronto International Film…
Month: September 2012
Porn in the Morn
Imagine my surprise this morning, when, upon tuning into Book Radio on XM – “…as his tongue split her wet folds…” (I think that’s what she said) – hit my delicate ears. It’s 8:30am on a damn Thursday!! Not sure what Thursday has to do with it, but it seemed important at the time. Now,…
Your One Wild and Precious Life
Today, I drifted out onto the patio after breakfast with a mug of coffee and a blanket because it was, as my Canadian friends would say, “fresh”. It was such a glorious introduction to Fall, that I had to post a little Facebook status about sitting there, watching the deer graze past me and listening…
In Memorium: Michael Clarke Duncan
Academy Award nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died at the age of only 54. He suffered a heart attack on July 13 and never fully recovered. He succumbed this morning, Monday September 3, according to his fiancé Omarosa Manigault, after nearly two months of hospitalization. Duncan’s best known role was that of John Coffey…