The Beauty of the BanalLife Is Sweet (1990) - A working-class London family tries to live their lives day to day. Dad's vivid imagination lets him survive a job he hates. Mom is the family optimist and their twin twenty-something daughters struggle with life in general.Directed by Mike LeighStarring Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner,... Continue Reading →
Primer (2004)
Primer (2004) - Two friends stumble into a practical form of time travel. It doesn't take long before the complexities of their discovery begin to affect their lives. Directed by Shane Carruth Starring Shane Carruth,... Continue Reading →
Chasing 3000 (2010)
Chasing 3000 (2010) - Two boys raised on Pittsburgh Pirate baseball, find themselves transplanted to California as their hero, Roberto Clemente, heads toward his historic 3,000th hit. So they do they only reasonable thing they can. They steal a car and start the drive back home. Directed by Gregory Lanesey ... Continue Reading →
Voice Actors, Media Dinosaurs, Vine Withers
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Movie Review – The Good Girl
The Good Girl (2002) - A small town Texas woman (Jennifer Aniston) is bored with her life. Bored with her well meaning but ineffectual, stoner husband (John C. Reilly). Bored with her pointless job in a local discount store. All that boredom leads to her having an affair with a young coworker (Jake Gyllenhaal) who... Continue Reading →