Rediscovering my passion for the series Scott Bakula starred in–one of my favourite shows from back in the day, Quantum Leap. The show’s premise is that physicist Samuel Beckett “leaps” back in time, inhabiting the bodies of different people. He’s trying to change history, to put right what went wrong, and hopefully return home.
What I [...]

Is the anger and the anxiety that Carrey has had to battle all these years a source for his comedy?
“Yeah. Absolutely. People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation,” says Carrey. “Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate [...]

Just saw the advance screening of Wes Anderson’s latest, The Darjeeling Limited. Starring Owen Wilson (who was recently hospitalized on August 26 after a suicide attempt), there is also a brief cameo by Bill Murray–a bit of razzle dazzle thrown in that adds nothing to the virtually non-existant plot.

I won’t call Anderson completely insensitive to [...]

‘The Parking Lot Is Full’ is a comic series that I used to love back in the day. There was one in particular that becomes more and more relevant in these trying times: http://plif.andkon.com/archive/wc236.gif (cut and paste the link directly into your browser; for some reason the original link won’t lead to the comic).
Reference it [...]

It may seem obvious, but when people do something that elicits praise, they soak up the limelight; conversely, when they do something that reflects poorly, blame is displaced onto others.
The thing that really got me thinking today was this: What about those situations where we deserve the blame for not performing well? I was talking [...]

A few years ago, I did watch a couple episodes of Arrested Development. I remember Carl Weathers being a guest, and a strange disjointed plot that was off the wall. For some reason, I’m one of those people who waits a few years before I decide to follow something. I did it in high school [...]