The Last Airbender (or, I certainly hope so.)
I went to see The Last Airbender while I was on my 4th of July vacation. I had heard some negative reviews but the story sounded very interesting and I hoped the movie could transcend the bad press....
View ArticleWicca in Movies: The Doors
Is everybody in? Then let the ceremony begin…Oliver Stone’s 1991 The Doors is the most brilliant depiction of the Dionysian aspects of Rock and Roll ever put to film. It is also possibly the first...
View ArticleDisney Solstice Magick
My wife and I had awesome Winter Solstice plans. We live in southern California, land of sun and surf. We decided to take a short trip out to a local hot springs and outdoor day spa to worship the...
View ArticleThe Oscar Contenders: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
My wife’s father died very suddenly. We were on vacation at the time, trying to get cozy in a quaint little cabin in the Rocky Mountains. We had known for a few days that he was sick, and on that...
View ArticleThe Oscar Contenders: Moneyball
Moneyball is the story of how one man took a failing baseball team, radically altered the way players were selected, rocked the foundation of Major League Baseball…and then continued to fail. If you’re...
View ArticleFinding Honor in The Hunger Games
Like most of the rest of the country, I saw The Hunger Games last weekend. I was a late convert to the phenomenon that is The Hunger Games. I’m pretty picky about what I choose to read, and I have...
View Article2013 Oscar Contenders: Les Miserables
I have written before about my extensive history with Les Miserables. It was The theater geek musical of my high school years, leading me to a pretty intimate knowledge of the...
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