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Nathan

Don't you dare call her 'Mom'! You may call her Bev or Sea Hag.

About Me

I have taken a stand, and I will publicly praise the Lord - Psalm 26:12 (NLT)body{

My Interests

Film, running, reading, blah blah blah etc, etc

I'd like to meet:

I build each one of my days out of hope and I give that hope your name.

Music:

Ani Difranco, Kathleen Edwards, Aimee Mann, Radiohead, Pure, Bjork, Coldplay, R.E.M., Smashing Pumpkins, Lucinda Williams, Fiona Apple, M.I.A., NIN, Tracy Chapman, Kanye West, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Garbage, Foo Fighters, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Rilo Kiley, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Howard Jones, Aerosmith, Depeche Mode, Huffamoose, Anita Baker, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, The Breeders, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Hole, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Oasis, Scissor Sisters, Talking Heads, The B52's, Ben Folds Five, Ettison Clio, Fleetwood Mac, Third Eye Blind, Blind Melon, Soundgarden, Jen Trynin

Movies:

Top 10 movies of all time: 1. The Grifters (1990) 2. Before Sunset (2004) 3. Dead Man Walking (1995) 4. The Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981, 1984, 1989 respectively) 5. Magnolia (1999) 6. Psycho (1960) 7. Parenthood (1989) 8. Playtime (1967) 9. Back to the Beach (1987) 10. Dazed and Confused (1993) The rest: Beetlejuice (1988), American Beauty (1999), Closer (2004), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Double Indemnity (1944), Ordinary People (1980), Short Cuts (1993), The Bad Seed (1956), Rebecca (1940), Halloween (1978), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990), American Graffiti (1973), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Beach Party (1963), Natural Born Killers (1994), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Dead Man Walking (1995), The Breakfast Club (1985), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Disturbing Behavior (1998), Say Anything…(1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Double Indemnity (1944), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Kalifornia (1993), Vertigo (1958), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Clifford (1991), Good Will Hunting (1997), Match Point (2005), JFK (1991), The ‘Burbs (1989), Purple Rain (1984), Running on Empty (1988), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Talk Radio (1988), Stand By Me (1986), Ed Wood (1994), Cape Fear (1991), One False Move (1992), Contact (1997), The Big Chill (1983), Dick Tracy (1990), Clambake (1967), The Ice Storm (1997), Reality Bites (1994), Terminator 2: Judgement Day(1991), Se7en (1995), Aliens (1986), Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985), Casino (1995), Troop Beverly Hills (1989), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990), Speed (1994), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996), Misery (1990), Heathers (1989), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), Poltergeist (1982), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Before Sunrise (1995), Jurassic Park (1993), Spaceballs (1987), Camp Cucamonga (1990), Jaws (1975), Citizen Kane (1944), The House of Sand and Fog (2003), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), You Can Count on Me (2000), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Requiem for a Dream (2000), M. Hulot's Holiday (1953), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Big Top Pee Wee (1988), Drop Dead Fred (1991), Clue (1985), The first 8 in the Friday the 13th series, E.T. (1982), Leaving Las Vegas (1995)...

Television:

The Golden Girls, My So-Called Life, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Beavis & Butthead, The Simpsons, Saved by the Bell, Roseanne, The Office.

Books:

The Holy Bible - I just finished it for the first time (I plan on reading different versions for many years to come) - it's such a beautiful book! The History of the American Cinema series - it's a 10 part (so far; I'm sure more to follow as the decades roll out) series on where American cinema has come from and gone since the late 1890's when it first arrived on the scene, A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens, The Sportswriter - Ford, White Noise - DeLillo, Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour - Salinger, Lafcadio - Silverstein, Wuthering Heights -Bronte, Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Clover, Almost anything by Stephen King (although some of his recent work has left much to be desired). The list goes on and on. I love reading almost as much as I do film.

Heroes:

My parents and my siblings.

My Blog

Movie Review: The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited - *1/2 - R - (2007) - 91 min. - Dir. Wes Anderson                     I have seen every major stud...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:10:00 PST

Movie Review: Unearthed

Unearthed - R - (2007) - *1/2 - 88 min. - Dir. Matthew Leutwyler        &nb sp;               &...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:30:00 PST

Movie Review: Across the Universe

Across the Universe  *** - PG-13  (2007)  125 min.  Dir. Julie Taymor                  What a courageous, sloppy, lovely ...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:46:00 PST

Movie Review: Sydney White

Sydney White - ** - PG-13  2007  103 min.  Dir. Joe Nussbaum              In his two big studio releases  2004's Sleepover and now Sydney Whi...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:45:00 PST

Movie Review: Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises - **** - R - (2007) - 95 min. - Dir. David Cronenberg                    This is a dour and broodin...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:49:00 PST

New movie review: Death Sentence

Death Sentence - ** - R  2007  97 min.  Dir. James Wan               Death Sentence had me, then it lost me, and then it had me again for ...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:51:00 PST

Top Tens of 2006

Well, here they are.  My top ten best and worst lists of 2006.  Before I get ridiculed (and there is one on my best list that is sure to draw severe criticism) I tell you I'll be happy to de...
Posted by Nathan on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:12:00 PST

Best and Worst of 2005 Amendment

I regret to inform there must be an amendment to my Top 10 Best list of 2005 now that I have had the pleasure/nerve-jangling experience of seeing Woody Allen's "Match Point".  It is a marvelous d...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:46:00 PST