Surveys

I'm one of those people who is always full of questions, so it should come as no surprise to you that I want to know what you think. Not just you, but as many people as possible...

This got completely out of hand. Thanks for all your work. I changed things so I could cope better.

The responses to the previous survey are here...

Innocence. Loss... and gain...


...and a whole new survey on 'Partners' is available here, and able to be answered more easily, and anonymously if you wish. I hope you don't, though. I like to know who's talking to me. As always, confidentiality assured.

Partners. Where, how, why...

You know you want to tell me! Click!


I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Feel free to add any other comments.

New Story - The Game - Part 1 - Opening Gambit

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Pieces of April- Movie Review

Link first. You're going to need that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311648/

Take a small indie film company, and throw something kinda wacky at them. Say a dysfunctional family. Really dysfunctional. Now make two of the family members oh, say... Oliver Platt and Katie Holmes. Yes, she of the recent Cruise attachment, pregnancy and Church of Scientology conversion. But this was before that, okay?

Okay, now it's Thanksgiving. That's a holiday I understand not one bit, but I like the idea just the same. For the first time since April (Katie) left the nest, she's inviting the rest of the family to Thanksgiving dinner at her apartment. Most of the things you can think of go wrong, and a few others besides. Somehow it fails to descend into slapstick, though the situation encourages it, and I for one applaud that.

Let me say I love the ending. But (and yes, I know I'm not supposed to begin sentence with 'but') I'm not telling you what happens.

Standout work from April's mother (Patricia Clarkson), and her younger sister (Allison Pill).

Director Peter Hedges wrote 'What's eating Gilbert Grape', and the screenplay for 'About a boy'. That might give you some idea what you're in for.

This is good stuff, and stands on its own, but I can't help but drag the whole thing down to my usual level by noting that the movie starts with Katie Holmes in her undies. How can that go wrong?

New Chapter - It starts with a castle Part 4

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New story - Unexpected

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Stateside - Movie review

Jonathon's a Marine. Rachel's a schizophrenic. It gets better. I'm surprised how much I like this.

Jonathon Tucker, Rachel yummy Leigh Cook.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339727/

Romance, drama, mental illness, travel, drinking, strippers... Did I mention Rachel?

This movie got a fair number of bad reviews. Fuck 'em, I say!

Love The Hard Way - Movie Review

Jack was a bad boy. A lying scumbag. A criminal with attitude. But a smart guy too. A writer. No education, no plans, no future. But a mind. He's one of those guys who lives his life on the wrong side of the tracks, and says it's for the buzz.

Claire was a serious student. A future somebody. A winner.

Inevitably, they met. If it went smoothly, then it wouldn't be a movie, would it?

I loved the setting, the acting, the camera work, the story. The music took me a while, but now I love that too.

A dark New York love story with razorblades. Happy-clappy it ain't, but I loved it. All of it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263671/