John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Kids

September 7, 2007 B. John 459 Views 0 Comments Sajan Bhagat, Drama, Adriane Brown, Billy Valdes, Justin Pierce, Kids, Larry Clark, Leo Fitzpatrick

Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. Kids follows a group of young, unsupervised, not mature, but all-too-grown-up kids in New York. One girl has just been diagnosed with HIV and is trying to notify the boy who gave it to her. The film follows these characters and their friends through the day, hanging out, playing, carousing, and going to parties. Each scene is intriguing and disturbing — conveying an urban reality that includes drugs, sex, guns, and disease; and yet never letting you forget these are kids.

Culture Movies

Kickin It Old Skool

September 7, 2007 B. John 397 Views 0 Comments Michael Rosenbaum, Miguel A. Nunez, Comedy, nostalgia, 80-039s, Break Dancing, Harvey Glazer, Jamie Kennedy, Jr., Maria Menounos

A young breakdancer hits his head during a talent show and slips into a coma for twenty years. Waking up in 2006, he looks to revive his and his team’s career with the help of his girlfriend and his parents.

Places

AC On A Plane

August 27, 2007 B. John 416 Views 0 Comments Work, Airplanes, Travel, North Carolina

I am on my way to North Carolina this morning for a weeks work at a client site. The temperature

Society Crime Politics Congress

Weekly Round Up – Week Ending August 26, 2007

August 25, 2007 B. John 484 Views 0 Comments St. Petersburg, republicans, Corruption, FBI, Boston, FindLaw, Limone, Salvati

This is a news round up of brief news items from the week ending on August 26, 2007.

Politics Congress Constitution Presidency

The Threat of Marshall Law is Real

August 25, 2007 B. John 364 Views 0 Comments Dave Lindorf, Information Clearing House, Insurrection Act, Marshall Law

In cruising around on-line, I came across an interesting article by Dave Lindorff at Information Clearing House. Dave’s take a very factual and intellectual look at the steps that have been taken over the past four years to strengthen the Executive Branch whilst weakening the other branches of government (and often simply outright disregarding them).

Culture Movies Movies I Own

Fracture

August 25, 2007 B. John 1198 Views 0 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Crime Drama, Fracture, Gregory Hoblit, Ryan Gosling, Suspense

Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who’s soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it’s an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum’s weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy’s a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts.

Movies Culture

Rush Hour 3

August 19, 2007 B. John 412 Views 0 Comments Action, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Brett Ratner, Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Rush Hour 3

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return as Inspectors Lee and Carter. This time the Chinese ambassador has been shot by the worst criminal organization in the world, the Triad, during a council. When the ambassador’s daughter gets kidnapped, the story leads the cops to Paris, where they work to destroy the Triads for good.

Movies Culture

The Bourne Ultimatum

August 13, 2007 B. John 447 Views 1 Comment Adventure, Matt Damon, Scott Glenn, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Jason Bourne, Julia Stiles, Paul Greengrass, Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum, Action

Rogue agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is being hunted by the people in the CIA who trained him to be an assassin. Still suffering from amnesia and determined to finally learn of his true identity, he is lured out of hiding to contact a journalist named Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), who has been following his story. Throughout his research, Ross has gathered valuable information about Bourne and Treadstone, which trained him. This is rather inconvenient for U.S. government official Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), who is hoping to start a new organization under the codename Blackbriar (which is briefly mentioned at the end of the first film) which would follow in Treadstone’s footsteps.

General

News for the Week Ending August 12, 2007

August 13, 2007 B. John 410 Views 0 Comments va, Bay Pines Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, Paramedics, PC Word, Pinellas, Spam

This is a summary of the minor but interesting or odd ball news items from the week ending August 12, 2007.

Religion Science Society Gay Issues Right Wingnuts

Phelps off to Minnesota

August 10, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 451 Views 1 Comment Minnesota, Fred Phelps, Shirley Phelps Roper, Westboro Baptist Church

This guy just never stops. “Rev.” Fred Phelps and his flock will be going to Minnesota to protest at the funerals of the victims of the bridge collapse. Phelps has decided that God made the bridge collapse he hates America and he especially hates Minnesota because of it’s tolerance for gay people.

Travel Business Economy Fun Stuff Places

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Buses, Boats and Taxis

August 8, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 462 Views 0 Comments Jersey City, NYC, Planes, Taxis, Trains, Water Taxis, New York City, New Jersey

Wow! Did a recent business trip to New York City turn into a bit of an adventure. We had a meeting in town, and I’d found what I thought was a reasonably priced hotel one block from the meeting site. The boss went on Priceline, and found rooms in Jersey City for $125. It was a Hyatt, and a nice place.