Stir of Echoes is a lot like The Sixth Sense but also not at all.

PODCAST

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Stir of Echoes (1999)
Directed by David Koepp
Starring Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
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PODCAST

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Mystic River (2003)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
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RELEASE DATE: MARCH 15, 2018

My short story “Thirsty” is available as a Kindle Single. Click here to purchase it from Amazon for one dollar. Or you can click here to read a sample and hear my sales pitch for why should make the purchase.

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 15, 2018

My short story “Thirsty” is available as a Kindle Single. Click here to purchase it from Amazon for one dollar. Or you can click here to read a sample and hear my sales pitch for why should make the purchase.

AUGUST 28, 2018

American politics needs two responsible parties to absorb all the craziness, because the alternative is worse.

MAY 4, 2018

The Avengers broke up because Captain America has the political sophistication of a 13-year-old boy in a Che Guevara t-shirt.

APRIL 19, 2018

M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film is not only a great, underappreciated thriller, but it helped inspire the modern horror renaissance.

APRIL 10, 2018

Engineered to set up a decade of movies with built-in brand loyalty, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was an enormous hit that left little mark. Is it worth a second look?

MOVIE THOUGHTS

MAY 12, 2017

What do you think of when you hear “Star Wars”? Most people think of a franchise, but I think first and foremost of a single movie—a movie from 1977 directed by George Lucas.

JULY 5, 2017

The most grounded and humane superhero movie, “Spider-Man 2” is an argument for the importance of self-love.

JULY 12, 2017

Alfonso Cuarón’s film has the single best moment from any Harry Potter movie or book.

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We don’t connect our own futures with the gloomy future we predict for the world.

MAY 4, 2018

The Avengers broke up because Captain America has the political sophistication of a 13-year-old boy in a Che Guevara t-shirt.

APRIL 19, 2018

M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film is not only a great, underappreciated thriller, but it helped inspire the modern horror renaissance.

APRIL 10, 2018

Engineered to set up a decade of movies with built-in brand loyalty, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was an enormous hit that left little mark. Is it worth a second look?
This site collects all my writing in one place. I think of my subject as the intersection of culture, history, and philosophy. But that’s just a fluffy way of saying that my mind wanders and I write about lots of different things. So click to read stuff I’ve written about…
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CLASSICS

JANUARY 14, 2011

I thought my team winning the Super Bowl would make me a happier sports fan, but it’s just made me more miserable. So I’m done.

MARCH 26, 2011

Why did Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo peak as a songwriter so early in his career?

JANUARY 30, 2013

On my many dabblings with self-help programs.

JANUARY 18, 2016

As a brand-new, entry-level employee at my first grown-up job, I attempted to break the ice with my colleagues by making horse sounds. It did not achieve the desired effect.

CLASSICS

JANUARY 14, 2011

I thought my team winning the Super Bowl would make me a happier sports fan, but it’s just made me more miserable. So I’m done.

MARCH 26, 2011

Why did Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo peak as a songwriter so early in his career?

JANUARY 30, 2013

On my many dabblings with self-help programs.

JANUARY 18, 2016

As a brand-new, entry-level employee at my first grown-up job, I attempted to break the ice with my colleagues by making horse sounds. It did not achieve the desired effect.