I like Larry David.  I like Woody Allen.  So, when I heard that Woody and Larry were teaming up for Whatever Works, I thought:  “Why not?”  It might not be terrible, given that Woody’s been experiencing something of a renaissance lately, with one film (Match Point) nominated for Best Picture and his latest — last [...]

This blog is almost three years old, and although I don’t care to celebrate blog birthdays any more than I do my own, I will note that I uploaded the first post for (what was then) Coosa Creek Mambo on  January 1, 2007.  It was before I wrote with any regularity — the next post [...]

In the recent past, I have gotten into the habit of seeing newly released films and then “reviewing” them, which of course is what a lot of bloggers do, and many of them do it better than me.  But that also means that I see crappy movies, which has a deadening effect upon my desire [...]

(not my hands)

I have, upon occasion, the preacher’s version of the underwear dream.  You know, where you find yourself suddenly out in public, doing something Really Important, in front of a lot of Really Important people, and suddenly discover you’re in your underwear?  Well, the preacher’s version is that you’re in the pulpit and [...]