by Dave Douthitt | Jun 15, 2022 | Film, Movies, Music, Weirdness
Maybe it’s a alter ego, but probably not. I suppose I may actually be the original ‘Space Cowboy’ I mean, I’m probably too old to land a role as an extra on Star Trek or Star Wars, so this is the best a space kitten can do. Hey….Let’s Rodeo. @doufomusic Well… #Space...
by Dave Douthitt | Feb 17, 2011 | Conspiracy, Movies
American Girl has always been one of my favorite Tom Petty songs. It’s from his first album. I have puzzled about this song on a couple of different fronts… Is it about suicide? And is it in the movie “Fast Times at Ridgmont High”? Llets talk a...
by Dave Douthitt | Nov 16, 2010 | Movies
The Bank Job is a film directed by Roger Donaldson. My bro Dean D. wrote a review of it….Check it: Cover of The Bank Job Is it a true story? Don’t make me laugh. It is as preposterous as it is convoluted. It DERIVES from something that went on in London...
by Dave Douthitt | Oct 22, 2010 | Movies
The Dying Animal by Philip Roth? Not for me; I’ve never read it. Maybe it’s good, but I like the Philip Roth who wrote “Defender of the Faith,” Goodbye Columbus and, perhaps, The Ghost Writer. All the same, “Elegy,” the Isabel...
by Dave Douthitt | Sep 8, 2010 | Movies
Image via Wikipedia The original crew of the Starship Enterprise as young men and women is what we get from director J.J. Abrams and his writers in the ’09 “Star Trek,” a stirring adventure flick. Chris Pine (Jim Kirk) could use some charm and the...
by Dave Douthitt | Sep 3, 2010 | Movies
Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr The naive, brutish and bipolar security guard played by Seth Rogen is a very interesting figure, but the other characterizations are what sink this comic film. The guard’s mother, the Ana Faris character–they’re...