Author Archives: Bob Hill

Here are 18 leaps of faith any viewer must make in order to enjoy Rob Reiner’s new film, The Magic of Belle Isle: That the decision to name a movie about an attractive divorcee and a man who represents his … Read More

“The whole process allowed me to continue when life itself offered very little, when life itself was a horror show. There was always the typer to soothe me, to talk to me, to entertain me, to save my ass. Basically, … Read More

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Here comes a scoutmaster, with no real ability to lead. There goes a cheating housewife, so distant that she communicates through a megaphone. Here comes her idle husband, so dizzy and blind he can’t see what’s right in front of … Read More

What follows is a comprehensive breakdown of alcohol-related expenses I incurred between the years of 1992-2012. Numbers were compiled using a combination of bank statements, credit card statements, check receipts, invoices, bar bills, municipal fines, court documents, legal receipts and … Read More … Read More

“Woody’s songs were having that big an effect on me, an influence on every move I made, what I ate and how I dressed, who I wanted to know, who I didn’t. In the late ’50s and early ’60s, teenage … Read More

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Rufus Wainwright is one of those artists who cannot be fully appreciated on vinyl, video or disc. His voice cuts so deep and his range so wide that something tends to get lost in translation. What’s more? Listening to the … Read More

A Bag of Hammers is the only movie I’ve ever seen that sets out to empathize with the burden of being gay, poor, and/or left out in America, yet ultimately ends up condescending to all three. This is all incidental, … Read More

“Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write every day, the characters begin to stale off in my mind – they begin to seem … Read More