Archive for January, 2005

Hearts In Atlantis (2001)

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

This Stephen King movie is a little more typical King than Stand By Me but there are plenty of similarities: the era, the cool best friend, the narration, the friend girl (wait, that was from It). Hearts In Atlantis is worth seeing. King always fleshes out his characters (often at the expensive of [...]

In The Bedroom (2001)

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

This movie was done very well. I don’t think I can complain about anything at all except that I just didn’t like it very much. It didn’t satisfy me. It left me wanting more but not in a “damn that’s a good burger” sort of way, more like a “what? is [...]

The Majestic (2001)

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

The Majestic was supposed to be Jim Carrey’s attempt at a good, honest, straight role. At least that is what it seemed like to me. The only redeeming value I found in the movie was that he did an incredible job of not acting like Jim Carrey. It wasn’t enough to make [...]

Speaking of Jobs

Saturday, January 1st, 2005

I start a new job January 10, less than 2 weeks shy of the 3rd anniversary of being laid off at my last job. I hadn’t really planned on going that long but once you’ve worked for yourself, it is next to impossible to work for anyone else unless the place meets some very [...]

Sleepless In Charlotte

Saturday, January 1st, 2005

After at over a year of on-again, off-again work, Sleepless In Charlotte (aka SinCLT) is live. The content is a bit lacking at the moment (to say the least) but the framework is there and things are being added constantly. Sleepless in Charlotte is a nightlife/events/entertainment site I’ve been wishing for and [...]