25 Books: #1, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

25 Books: #1, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

This is a fun read. Thirty-ish Nina Hill prefers staying home with a book over going out and dealing with people (same). She gets plenty of that from her job as a bookstore clerk. She’s got her cat, Phil. She’s got tons of books in her cozy apartment. She has a few friends and ventures […]

100 Movies: #4, The Rise of Skywalker

As with The Last Jedi, I hoped to like this movie. Also as with The Last Jedi, Skywalker thwarted those hopes. Release: 2019 Director: J. J. Abrams Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, John Boyega, etc. Screenplay: Chris Terrio, J. J. Abrams Spoilers? None. I’ll stop just short of saying there’s no […]

100 Movies: #3, The Last Jedi

100 Movies: #3, The Last Jedi

Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. Everyone in my house wanted to see The Rise of Skywalker, out in theaters now. Having forgotten everything that happened in the previous story apart from Mark Hamill sitting on a rock somewhere off the coast of Scotland, it seemed a […]