“When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered” – Christopher Dodd “What I’m thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson’s saying that he’d rather…
“That’s why ‘Star Wars’ is appealing. You watch someone fight the perilous monster” – Carrie Fisher As Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ends, “Rey” (Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express) has found “Luke Skywalker” (Mark Hamill – Kingsman: The Secret Service) and given him back his father’s lightsaber. “Kylo Ren” (Adam…
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief – Aeschylus” “I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all – Ogden Nash” Just what messages are placed on those Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,…
Slumber is the latest horror movie to explore the demons that come as we sleep
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away – Henry David Thoreau” “Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson” (Saoirse Ronan – The Grand Budapest Hotel) definitely marches to her own cadence. Lady Bird…
TailSlate has been a fan of Greta Gerwig for a very long time, both as an actress and a writer. Now her directorial debut film, Lady Bird is in theaters. So TailSlate decided to take a look at what we consider our top ten directorial debut films from people who were actors before sitting in…
‘Thor: Ragnarok” is an effective action film that uses humor and spectacular imagery to maximum effectiveness
Harry Dean Stanton, probably best known for his work in “Twin Peaks” and the films Alien and Paris, Texas; died on Friday, September 15th in Los Angeles. His agent says his death was due to natural causes. Stanton was 91. Born in Kentucky in 1926, Stanton attended the University of Kentucky and then studied acting…
Today, when you look at social media, you see that the narrative can be overtaken by people just from Twitter and Instagram. I know when Ferguson was going down those first few nights, I was watching feeds on the ground on Twitter, not CNN – Ava DuVernay The best evidence of the importance and relevance…
“Things are seldom as they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream” – Gilbert and Sullivan lyric from H.M.S. Pinafore Introducing the four members of the “Flossy Posse” “Ryan Pierce” (Regina Hall – Think Like a Man) is a very successful self-help author whose books sell the concept that women can “have it all.” It appears…
