The Monkey and I attempt to understand our attraction to violence in film, an attraction well-manifested even in supposedly sane, spiritually-inclined, and well-balanced human beings, like us, for instance.

Whether what happened at Fort Hood is related to mind control, the themes in “Men Who Stare at Goats,” and the Virginia Tech Massacre, will probably never be fully known, but the evidence that “energetically” connects these events in the material world is alarming. Even if these events are not causally related and I am simply regurgitating conspiracy theories, on a energetic level there is no doubt about their relationship to one another. The common consciousness binding these events is the consciousness of killing.

The Monkey is back.
Just had my second child, Juliet Love, born June 26, 2008.
She is adorable and sweet and quiet.
In other news I have written about 35 pages of my screenplay entitled, OVER SEAS.  The …

The other day one of my friends and readers sent me an email with the subject line: “WHERE ARE YOU??” wondering why he hadn’t heard from me since my last post on the Top 100 Personal …

To put those opening weekend numbers into perspective, Ang Lee’s “Hulk” currently stands as the #2 all-time opening weekend for any film. Overall, the film earned $245 million worldwide. Hardly a box office failure. With marketing costs factored in, the film likely broke even in theaters, but with residual revenues including video rentals, video game and toy spin-offs, pay-per-view, and cable television licensing fees, there is no doubt that the film was ultimately profitable.

My interest is always piqued when another war film hits the theaters. As a cinemaphile, I’m concerned with seeing a well-conceived, researched, and executed story that creates a profound emotional response. As a …

…Well, kinda…
This will be a short post as I just finished watching the Oscars telecast on DVR and it is a quarter past 1 am. I gotta say I’m patting myself on …

Ahh. Oscar night coming up. To me, like a Sunday night football game except my wife will watch it with me.
It’s been a busy year for me, working on this blog, starting a new business …

A couple of days ago, I received a couple of happy red envelopes in the mail, which could only mean one thing: the latest selections from my Netflix Queue had arrived! For my …

Here’s a review for the film, THE KINGDOM, currently available on DVD…
The skinny: The Monkey in My Mind says 5.5 (out of ten).
I am a fan of geopolitical thrillers and was pretty pumped to see …