May You Rest In Peace, My Dear Sweet Grandma. I was really hoping that I'd get to show you one of my movies one day soon, but I guess we just ran out of time. You were the best grandma ever and I'm going to miss you terribly. Thank you for everything. Love Always, Dax
Jeff Bridges has built an amazing career out of accepting the roles that A-listers rejected. He's been nominated for the Oscar four times during the past 38 years. And, tonight, finally, he won. Pretty inspirational stuff, I have to say.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0349E7kFEM
It'll be interesting to see where the road goes from here.
-Dax
Hi, guys.
The first time I saw "The Smashing Machine," I knew absolutely nothing about it and, therefore, had no expectations. Personally, I think that's always the best way to see a film and, for that reason, I'm not going to go into any detail about the film here, except to say that it's a documentary featured in the HBO Undercover series. I hope you find it interesting.
-Dax
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Hi, guys.
Sadly, Kim Peek, the "mega-savant" who inspired the Oscar-winning film, "Rain Man," passed away on December 19th. I actually blogged about Peek less than a year and a half ago (http://www.alivenotdead.com/daxphelan/THE...Read more
I’ve been a fan of Richard Curtis’ writing long before I even knew what a screenplay was. My first Curtisian experience came when I watched “Four Weddings and a Funeral” during my senior year of high school. I was living in St. Louis, Missouri at the time. I didn’t know who Hugh Grant was. As I said, I didn’t even really know what a screenplay was. I naively thought (or should I sa...Read more
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From the Associated Press...GENEVA — WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title in Bern on Dec. 12 against American Kevin Johnson of the United States.
The 38-year-old Klitschko (38-2, 7 knockouts) defeated Cris Arreola last month in Los Angeles, winning after Arreola’s corner wouldn’t let him out for the 11th round.
Johnson is 22-0-1 with nine knockouts. In May, the 30-year-old beat Devin Vargas in a matchup of undefeated fighters."I feel top fit, had ...Read more
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWX-rRhLRY&feature=player_embedded#t=554
By Doug Fischer
Few of the onlookers who watched Vitali Klitschko joke around and shake out during a late Wednesday morning open workout at Muscle Beach in Venice, Calif., realized they were looking at the most formidable heavyweight in the world.
To most curious bystanders who watched him skip rope, do pu...Read more
Hi, guys.
I first saw "American Movie" in 1999 and absolutely fell in love with it.
Perhaps you will, too.
Enjoy,
-Dax
P.S. The following link will take you to Youtube where you can watch the film in its entirety for free.
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Hi, guys.
For those of you who haven't heard yet, Jen Thym's new web series, "Lumina," will premiere with a special, double webisode at Scirocco in Soho on Tuesday, September 8th at 5pm! If you can't make it to the premiere (like me, unfortunately), you can watch it online. The first season will consist of nine webisodes, four to eight minutes each, and can be viewed on the website, www.luminaseries.com. A new webisode wi...Read more
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