Archive for September, 2009

Roman Polanski

Romance novelists for years have used the ‘rape’ ruse as a convenient way for the ‘hero’ to seduce his usually virginal heroine. In these novels, an act of hatred turns to love. An act of hatred becomes glossed over in these pages, it becomes a fuel for fantasy that let’s face it, is unlikely to […]

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License to Kill

 Current mood:  contemplative Category: Life I’m disturbed by the rising number of men and women who kill their children before – and sometimes not – killing themselves. With so many people I know clamoring for kids of their own it sickens and angers me that some parents feel they have the right to take their children’s […]

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The Write Stuff

Current mood:  adventurous Category: Writing and Poetry I’ve made no secret of my day job as a screenplay reader for a couple of movie studios. It’s work I fell into years ago and it is work I adore, occasionally stumbling across genuine gems I yearn to champion. Sadly, the last time that happened was when I […]

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The Gift From 9/11: Love, Actually

Current mood:  contemplative Category: Life It’s my turn to blog at Sensual N Secret today and here is what I posted: I wasn’t going to blog about the events of September 11 but it is my day to post here and although I had planned an entirely different subject matter, I have to talk about the […]

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Movie Etiquette for the Age of Stupid

Current mood:  artistic Category: Life There is a new movie coming out called The Age of Stupid. Let’s face it. We’re in it. The age of stupid I mean. I went to the movies yesterday for the first time in months. It’s something I used to on a regular basis but a matinee at the Burbank […]

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