3.14 and Interfacing with the Infinite
Sean MurphyIf you've never seen Pi, Darren Aronofsky's first (and best) movie, I strongly encourage you to check it out. (Hint: it's not just a number; it's a concept of existence.…
Harold Ramis: Empathy for the Rebel
Consider this: a world without Animal House. Or Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. I can’t fathom how much less happy my childhood would have been without any one of…
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and Me (Revisited)
And the Oscar goes to... Who cares? Okay, okay: I'll resist the urge to be a sourpuss and let it suffice that I express my indifference to the pompous and…
Being the Ball: What We Talk about When We Talk about ‘Caddyshack’ (Revisited for Ramis)
Well…we’re waiting! Actually, you already read this review. You already wrote this review. You can easily recall, now, when it occurred to you, sometime between the fifth or fifteenth (or…
Bill Hicks: Twenty Years On
2/26/94. A world pretty much pre-Internet, seven years before 9/11, six years before the two-terms Bush experiment. A kinder, gentler time? Maybe. It was certainly a less chaotic and busy…
Ralph Waite, RIP
This one hurts. You can have Cliff Huxtable. I was already too old to see him as a father figure by the time The Cosby Show rolled around. Plus, he…
We’ve Seen This Movie Before: Trying to Make Sense of Philip Seymour Hoffman
This isn't quite in the day John Lennon died territory, but I'll never forget where I was and what I was doing. Sitting at home, Super Bowl shopping complete, biding…
Arthur Rankin, R.I.P.: The Man who brought us The Bumble
My childhood would like to thank Arthur Rankin for living a long and purposeful life. How empty would my life be without Yukon Cornelius and The Bumble? (A lot more…
Maximilian Schell, R.I.P.
Another exceptional artist of the old school has departed the premises. Yet another individual of whom we can accurately say: his kind won't (can't) grace our presence in the future.…
Peter O’Toole, R.I.P.
They're all gone. Burton, then Harris, then Reed, then Taylor. And now, O'Toole. Yes, it all begins and ends with his once-in-a-millennium turn as T.E. Lawrence, and attention must…