A Brief History of the Not-Too-Distant Future

A few weeks ago was the premiere of this holiday season’s feel-good blockbuster extravaganza CHILDREN OF MEN, which chronicles a boozy Clive Owen’s efforts to safely transport the world’s last pregnant woman across the woetastic (patent pending) dystopian landscape of Great Britain, circa 2027. While the film was a bit of a mixed bag – with some heavy handed current events commentary...

Spiders, and Barbers

So it’s Thanksgiving next week. Well, to be technical, it’s American Thanksgiving next week. Canadian Thanksgiving, on the other hand, came and went in the first week of October, along with its typical absence of any fanfare whatsoever. You see, my countrymen have – since time immemorial – decided to forego the parades, family reunions and five-day weekends that seem to define...

Over the Moon

Monday night was Flicker’s “Attack of the 50-Foot Reels” at Hollywood’s Egyptian theater, cause enough for the Land Elsewhere creative team to reassemble – Voltron style – for the first-ever screening of SHOOT FOR THE MOON. Since nary a frame of our 8mm in-camera space opera had been screened for anyone, including Jeff, Christina and myself, my mood was understandably a...

To the Observatory!

After five years worth of closed-to-the-public renovations, this weekend was the grand re-opening of the Griffith’s Park Observatory. Excited to confirm my suspicion that its telescopes have been pointing in the general direction of my shower for the past half-decade, I navigated their seemingly friendly but genuinely sinister website to make reservations for myself, Bill and Christina. Ah,...