New Year's means two things to me (movie-wise). The Marx Bros. and Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother (1939) . The ritual of watching The ...

Imagine a young prince, very young, still fresh with youthful ideals and not yet tainted by the burden of royal duty. Then comes a long a be...

My mother and I watched Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) recently and I think our reaction to the film, as spoken to each other wh...

I'm not quite sure how I had forgotten about this film, seeing as its really my most favorite Christmas film, but I did. Luckily, I redi...

As the DVD sat snug in its Netflix sleeve, I was reluctant to take the extra step and to put The Arrangement (1969) into my DVD player. Ap...

I got an A- in my desktop pub. class. This grade include my class participation, my mid-term project and my final project. I'm happy tha...

My Netflix queue was at ::gasp:: 334 movies!!! 334! There is absolutely no way I can humanly watch that many movies in the forseeable future...

Yay! It's so pretty. When I printed it out, pasted it together and assembled it I did a special happy dance of joy! I presented it last ...

The web banner is complete. And I have to say, I'm really happy with it. The whole concept is Christmas/Winter and that the boxed set is...

The booklet is complete! Since this is probably the most complex out of the 4 parts of the project, I'm very happy that its done. My pro...

Are you sick of my boxed set? Too bad. Because I'm not. The postcards are final. What you've seen is what it is. I'm not fussing...

Hays, or Hayes? I've been spelling it both ways lately. Its definitely Hays, so I don't know why I have a penchant from throwing in ...

Here is the preliminary cover (both the front and back) of my 12-16 page booklet. I think I have to change the color scheme to match the int...

Here are my postcards. They are a bit naughty, for that I apologize for anyone who might think they are in bad taste. A few of them are actu...

Just to reiterate, this is what my whole desktop publishing project will consist of. 1) Boxed Set slipcase 2) 12-16 page Booklet 3) 5 Promot...

I don't like my article very much, but I do really like how it looks in my spread. This is the preliminary lay out for each of the 5 art...

Here is the preliminary cover. I was aiming for horizontal shots, but unfortunately all except two, involve people sleeping. I may switch im...

What I learned at the Elia Kazan lecture... 1) Controversial figure throughout most of his life, many people refused to stand or applaud wh...

“Molestada” is the best word I could think of to sum up my experience watching Billy Wilder's classic film noir, Ace in the Hole (1951) ...

Here is my entry in the booklet for Elia Kazan's Baby Doll. This one was by far the easiest to write. Broken Code: Impure love must not...

Here is the first of six articles that will go in the booklet inside the DVD boxed set. I'm writing one on each of the films plus an int...

After re-watching The Three Faces of Eve (1957) , I realize its not a suitable option for my boxed set. But I have to work with what I'v...

I've been playing around with images and doing some image research. I decided that in the booklet that goes with the boxed set, that the...

Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what re...

I just read some amazing news at Pre-Coded Messages about the second volume of the The Forbidden Hollywood DVD boxed set collection. It...

For the Desktop Publishing course I am taking, I have to work on a final project using Adobe InDesign to develop something new in print. I w...

"THERE'S NOTHING AS TRUST WORTHY AS THE ORDINARY MIND - OF THE ORDINARY MAN" ~ Lonesome Rhodes The collection of truly amazi...

I'm taking a short hiatus to be able to concentrate on some major school projects. Do not fret. I shall be back very soon and I do have ...

I've decided to take advantage of Blogger's new blog-friendly polls and post a new one every month. For September, I did a Norma She...

Nothing of real worth ever comes completely without pain. - Olivia Dale - Road to Avonlea It was over a decade ago. I was a young teenage...

The next three months of my life are going to be a trial to test my personal fortitude, strength of will and character. I will be working fu...

I thought I'd start yet another new mini-series on this blog in which I point out references in our present culture (pop culture, litera...

Certain die-hard Robert Mitchum fans, such as myself, hold a dear secret about one tiny particular aspect of his lengthy career. ...