An old student of mine Aneesh Chaganty has challenged us all to watch a film a day with him.  I thought to myself why not. I started my true obsession with film after watching 3-4 films a day all summer long when my friend worked at a Hollywood Video in AZ. So it seems weird that I have not been as fanatic now that I teach film.

After a few years of not having the chance to see a lot of films my Netflix queue has reached scary proportions. so it is time to thin it out.  although as with all things I will end up making it worse.  since I started 4 days ago I already added 98 films to the instant queue.

The Rules:

• 1 film a day
• Genre is open even documentaries count (cause I LOVE documentary film)
• TV counts as long as it is respected TV not currently running e.g. Battlestar, West Wing, Lonsome Dove, Rome, etc. (no reality, 30min comedy or sitcoms)
• If it is TV I have to watch at least 2 consecutive episodes of a 1-hour show
• If I miss a day I have to make it up within a week
• I will write about each film that I watch (this will be a hard one for me)

Thats it!  If you are up for it join me!  Im stoked about this and it could be pretty cool to do.

his is a bit of a ramble so bear with me :)

So I have been a casual fan of Dr. Who for a while and I have never seen the original series. The wife and I decided to watch the relaunch on Netflix instant watch (m new favorite thing). after 3 seasons I realized that Dr. Who is something I always tell people Sci-fi has the potential to be, but rarely is.

Have you every thought about mercy and grace and peace? I mean really think about them. How can we bring peace to the world? If you were given perfect wit, power, and intellect would you have the power to restrain yourself? If all you wished was to bring peace to all and you had the powers of a god could you do it?

I’m not sure if it is that every season begins at Christmas or the fact that the most powerful things in the universe are words but something in it makes me so dang excited I can’t even begin to express it. not only is The Doctor this crazy detailed image of God but he actually works in the Sci-fi world they writers created. The show is uniquely able to do some amazing things that would seem out of place or inappropriate in other context. The Doctor on the other hand is a character who I believe capable of unmatched and seemingly irrational grace and mercy. He is capable of moving freely thorough time but will not changing time but allowing free will of all humans determine the outcomes of all events. His acts are called upon by all who ask and even occasionally prayers(physic paper). now with all that said about his mercy and grace the flip-side of that is that it is said (by River Song)just his presence in the midst of those who know him can drive back armies of evil. and that at times his justice and mercy are so great that he hides it from those who it will destroy because he has mercy in a way that we don’t understand and cant comprehend.

So go watch Dr Who…I’m waiting…seriously

Once I watch the rest of the old episodes Im planning on a whole treatise on Dr Who so stay tuned for my newest obsession!

As if we were not sure.  Here is the link TMZ

The picture are meant to make you think they were taken “on the scene.”

OK wait I’m getting the news flash right now…yes…uh huh…yes it seems that they were taken on the scene…of the freakin’ MACHINIST!!!. . .  So apparently Christian Bale does not look like a homicidal heroine addict every day?  who would have known.  Not the readers of TMZ.

Wow how evil do you have to be?