Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 50-41 26 Jun 2020 Finishing up the first half of our countdown today. You can re-visit the 60-51 part of the countdown here, as well as find the links to the first two parts.…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 60-51 25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020 You made it to part 3! Or you stumbled into part 3 unaware that we've already covered the first 20 films (80-61) here and here. On to number 60! 60.…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 70-61 24 Jun 2020 Welcome to the next 10! This is the continuation of the series started here. 70. Make Mine Music (1946) [Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet - The Andrews Sisters] The…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 80-71 23 Jun 2020 From 1937...ahem...Onward, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios have provided no shortage of family-friendly entertainment. Any Disney aficionado has debated among friends as to which films are the…
Critical Thought 500 Films to See for Your Isolated Pleasure 20 Mar 2020 Keeping this one fun and simple. As many are facing lockdowns, quarantines, or simply abiding by requests for social distancing, here is a list of 500 films worth seeing to…
Critical Thought How Do I Start Writing? 26 Jan 202028 Jan 2020 The following is personal advice mixed with a heavy dose of professional advice from Lajos Egri (The Art of Dramatic Writing) and Stephen King (On Writing). As an active member…
Critical Thought Three (Friendly) Complaints from a Fiction Writer to Readers 25 Jan 2020 tl;dr version: fiction and non-fiction are two separate things. I think often of this line attribute to Mark Twain: The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs…
Critical Thought Little Women (2019) “Oscar Moments” 25 Jan 2020 I learned something about film in the early days of my cinephile life. When considering the skill of an actor, I tend to regard the whole of their work in…
Critical Thought… Questions About Religion 24 Jan 2020 Some close friends and family of mine are people of faith. As an agnostic*, I admire that quality about them. The asterisk on agnostic is because, according to some, I…
Critical Thought Broad Street Bullies 23 Jan 2020 (This is a companion piece to Violence in Sports (Well, Ice Hockey).) I step onto the ice and hear the metal clack of my skate blade on the ice, the…
