A murder mystery, a 10-year journey, and strong characters bring this 16-episode drama to life. A Thai mini-series review, by Rich Paschall This sixteen-part Thai drama is a complex tale of crime, hate, anger, and murder that tears apart the… Read More ›
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RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER – Sue Vincent (REBLOG)
The day did not start well, either for me or the little fish I had to remove from the tank. It was no surprise that it was dead this morning… it had been looking a little off-colour the night before,… Read More ›
TOO MUCH DRAMA – RICH PASCHALL
My Top Ten Half Hour dramas, by Rich Paschall Have you ever watched an hour-long drama and decided it was too long? Even with all the commercial breaks, it did not seem to have a story of any length. “They could… Read More ›
THE NEVER-ENDING PLOT – TO BE CONTINUED … ?
I hate it when one of my favorite weekly TV dramas decides to forgo the “new story each week” format and go in for one of those seemingly endless “story arcs”. It usually involves a particularly sinister person or group… Read More ›
A PORCELAIN UNICORN
A Moment in Time – Until today, it was the last picture I had taken. I captured it January 11, 2015 in honor of Unicorn Appreciation Day. This is the story of the porcelain Unicorn, including the best (very) short movie I’ve ever… Read More ›
YOU MIGHT AS WELL LAUGH
Oh, The Irony For some of us, irony is just the way it goes. Life is one ironic incident after another. Just when you think you’ve finally got it together, it falls apart. The job that looked like a career… Read More ›
BLAST FROM THE PAST -The Best Medicine
Life in shreds? Out of work? Evicted? Hiding from the repo guys? Other half dumped you? Bank threatening to foreclose? Don’t take it personally. It’s just a joke. No, really. Disaster is life’s cute and funny way of pointing out how… Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: The Best Medicine – Laugh, Clown
Life in shreds? Out of work? Evicted? Hiding from the repo guys? Other half dumped you? Bank threatening to foreclose? Don’t take it personally. It’s just a joke. No, really. Disaster is life’s cute and funny way of pointing out how… Read More ›
“Lincoln” is amazing on so many levels.
It’s exactly what you hope for in a historical movie … and so very rarely get. Spielberg not only made this wonderful movie well, he made it smart. Instead of trying to cover the entire Lincoln saga or perhaps myth,… Read More ›