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Revenant

About Me

I have existed from the morning of the world

Favorite Quotes:

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."
- James Allen

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
- Benjamin Franklin

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Any of my favorite filmmakers. James Cameron, Quentin Tarrantino, John Woo, Ray Harryhausen, Luc Besson, etc.

My Blog

MMR: March & April

I know this is supposed to be a MONTHLY Movie Report, but between SXSW and getting ready for the Boomtown Film and Music Festival I just haven't had time to post blogs. So to catch up, here's my March...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 08:32:00 GMT

Monthly Movie Report: February

It was a weak movie month for me. Been too busy, I guess, getting ready for BoomFest. But March should have a very respectible count, thanks to the South By Southwest Film Festival. Can't wait. FEBRUA...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Beating up Maggy Gyllenhaal

As most things in life, a blog can be used for both good or evil. I could, for instance, use it to post poetry or perhaps essays that meditate on the suffering in Africa. Today, however, my blog is an...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Oscar Predictions (and hopes)

Never been bold enough to declare Oscar predictions before. Tomorrow we'll see how accurate I am.BEST PICTUREI think and hope the winner is Slumdog Millionaire.LEADING ACTORWho I predict: Mickey Rourk...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Worst Comedians

I was going to write a blog about the Top 10 Best Comedians of All Time, but then I saw that today is Friday the 13th. (Ch-ch-ch-hah-hah-hah. There's also one next month too. Spooky.) So instead here'...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:08:00 GMT

Six-Fingered Day

Today was my birthday. I'm 26. Despite my naturally optomistic disposition, clearly seeing endless vistas of health, wealth and happiness beyond all the horizons of the future, my last several birthda...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Monthly Movie Report: JANUARY

After the white hot tornado of movie watching that was the end of '08 for me, I decided to cool my jets and take it a little easy during the first month of '09. Maybe I'll pick things back up in Febru...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 GMT

I'm falling apart.

First I get food poisoning. I get over that, only to be left with some kind of intestinal infection.I fight the infection with special store-bought bacteria, but then I catch a cold.I handle the cold ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:42:00 GMT

A word on Race Relations in the United States

On this MLK Day, let us all remember a woman who moved race relations in the USA forward by leaps and by bounds. I'm speaking of course about Lisa Turtle.Every Saturday morning this brave young woman ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:41:00 GMT

Good Television

Most TV is bloody aweful. (A fact which never seems to keep me from watching more of it than I should.) Some TV is tolerable and mildly entertaining, but the really good shows that're worth the watchi...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:32:00 GMT