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Catfishing in America
January 24, 2013 It’s called Catfishing. The word sounds like something out of Mark Twain, or a song by Taj Mahal, or perhaps a footnote to Richard Brautigan’s almost classic “Trout Fishing in America. more »»
Global Positioning
January 17, 2013 It’s the element of surprise that produces the fun at movie award shows. Like watching action heroes on the red carpet and being surprised at how short they are in real life. more »»
The problem with Bambi
January 10, 2013 We’ve got deer trouble. It’s a price to pay for living right over the fence from Haleakala Ranch in lower Kula. more »»
Tallying 30 . . . 40 . . . infinity
January 3, 2013 So much for Best Movies lists. Beside the films I’ve changed my mind about, how about all the good ones that got here late? “Zero Dark Thirty,” for example. more »»
Aloha, 2012!
December 27, 2012 Whew, now that we’re safely past the last day of the Mayan calendar, it’s a good time to look back and see what actually went on in 2012. more »»
Awards Season
December 20, 2012 One of the many nice surprises about retiring this year was getting a clearer picture of what’s important and what’s not. Like Best Movies of the Year list. more »»
Lighting the Lights
December 13, 2012 Chevy Chase becomes my patron saint every year about now. more »»
Happy Haleakala Holidays
December 6, 2012 Magic is afoot at this time of year. Haleakala Waldorf School’s Holiday Faire is a good place to remember what it looks like. more »»
Oscars in Love
November 29, 2012 Unlike classic romantic ballads where everything gets resolved in 32 rhyming bars, love’s not that easy at the movies. If it’s love at first sight, you don’t have a third act. more »»
An Attitude of Gratitude
November 22, 2012 Black Thursday— whose idea was that? Although it’s now synonymous with the tryptophan stupor brought on by surreal, helium-filled visions in the morning followed by too much football and turkey in... more »»
Riding out the storm
November 8, 2012 Watching media images roll in from a storm-paralyzed New York last week, I tried to count how many times I’ve seen the city struck by apocalypse. It happened at the movies. more »»
Head in the Cloud
November 1, 2012 If you’re fond of films that bend the mind a bit, you might want to check out “Cloud Atlas.” If you do, be sure and stay for the closing credits. more »» 
Soaring at the MACC
October 25, 2012 The Maui Arts & Cultural Center just built a bridge over the Pacific Ocean. It’s made of clay. ìSoaring Voices, Recent Ceramics by Women from Japanî opened last weekend and continues through Jan. more »»
Wat’s up, Maui
October 18, 2012 What’s Wat? And why? Those questions may arise looking at the poster for the Angkor Wat International Film Festival fundraiser coming to the MACC’s McCoy Studio Theater Oct. 27 and 28. more »»
Taken for granted
October 11, 2012 After a stellar film career being noble, Liam Neeson is more fun when he’s beating up bad guys. more »»
Acting class
October 4, 2012 In case men elsewhere in the media haven’t been sufficiently entertaining lately, the movies have provided some real characters to fill in the blanks. more »» 
Continuing Ed
September 27, 2012 Framed in the courtyard of The Maui News, three journalists smile happily at the photographer. more »»
All about Evil
September 20, 2012 Were it not for the need to fill this column each week, I probably wouldn’t have a clue what “Resident Evil” movies are all abou. more »» |
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