Ramblings on Film, History, Culture and more from the over-active mind of Alex Weston
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Are e-books and unread, leatherbound classics the way of the future?
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Anyone who knows me knows that I have two homes: the house I own and the local Barnes & Noble. It has comfy chairs, books to peruse, cof...
Friday, June 17, 2011
Childhood Filmmaking Attempts
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My wife and I just saw Super 8 (which was fantastic, by the way; I would highly recommend it) , and being as the protagonists are a bunch o...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
If at first you don't succeed, blog and blog again...
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It's been over eight months since I've written anything on this blog, and prior to that I'd only written 5 posts. Perhaps that...
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Classics: The Sting (1973)
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Like the thesis statement in the opening paragraph of a paper written for a seventh grade English class assignment, the opening credits of...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Confessions of a Basher (trying real hard to be Swooper)
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The most recent installment of the weekly IFC Podcast has reminded me of one of the observations contained in Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Time...
Monday, September 13, 2010
Photoplasty
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The comedy website Cracked has a weekly photoshop contest wherein they toss out a topic and readers post humorously manipulated images. Hav...
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Real People vs. Reel People
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As an avid library/reading-at-Barnes-and-Noble-without-buying-anything fan, I sadly do not own a copy of many of my favorite books. So when ...
Monday, September 6, 2010
Review: The Final Destination
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I want my money back. Usually, I've said that after paying $10 to see a bad movie in theaters. However, I rented The Final Destination...
Sunday, September 5, 2010
To Blog or Not to Blog?
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I have an irritating habit. Every night, right around bedtime, I begin rambling to my wife about whatever random topic happened to be goin...
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