The Legend of Bagger Vance is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I watched it twice this weekend. Based on the book by Steven Pressfield, the movie tells the story of Rannulph Junah, a disillusioned war veteran who reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf with Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones. Photo Source: Amazon “He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.” (Written by M. Fowler, IMdb) At the beginning […]
An Indie Film Lover's Paradise
Every January, independent filmmakers, industry professionals, actresses, actors, and the press travel to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival. And every year, indie filmmakers, and up-and-coming actors and actresses, dream of getting their film featured and picked up at the Sundance Film Festival. Photo Source: Fodors The Sundance Film Festival has given us such films as the recently nominated Boyhood and Whiplash. Photo Source: IMDb / Forbes As always, this year’s festival will feature documentaries as well as comedies and dramas. Check out the festival program HERE. This festival loves the indie filmmakers and the out-of-the-box documentaries. There […]
If I Could Be Friends With Anyone…
I was always a bit of a nerd in school. I was never part of the “cool” crowd and I didn’t get invited to parties. I think the first party I got invited to that I actually attended was on prom night my Senior year in high school. Even in college, you could easily identify the “cool” kids and point out each clique. Me? I was on the newspaper staff for one year, and I was President of Sigma Tau Delta, the National English Honor Society. My senior year in college, I all but vanished from college life. I only […]
2012 in Review
This weekend I took the time to check out my own blog, and I browsed my stats. I was simply blown away by my “annual report”. First, I’d like to say “THANK YOU” – (1) to everyone who reads my blog (via Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.), (2) to those who decided they like my blog enough to follow, (3) to those who take the time to comment on my posts, and (4) to those who repost my blog onto their blog. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! And I would like to share my annual report with you, since you – […]
The Sundance Kid: Robert Redford
Actor. Director. Producer. Environmentalist. Philanthropist. Robert Redford, a.k.a. The Sundance Kid, seems to have done it all at one time or another. Born on August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica, Calif., Redford was the son of an oil company accountant. In high school, he excelled at sports. In 1955, a year after he finished high school, his mother passed away. After her death, he ran into some difficulties, including being fired from several jobs and having a few run-ins with the law. He attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship, where he was the team’s pitcher. After just […]