David LaSpina (@dbooster) - CineTV

David LaSpina

Japan

David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.

14 days ago

Forget Your Election Worries and Laugh Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. I haven't done one of these in awhile, but after the US election results the…

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20 days ago

Out of Ideas Christopher Booker once wrote an essay called "The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories" in which he argued that there are only seven basic stories in the world and that

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3 months ago

Words Make a Difference: Movie vs Book, part II Some time ago I wrote about the use of shall not and cannot in The Lord of the Rings, how the former was used in the movie and the latter was used in the book; how they…

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3 months ago

Samurai films and Westerns - Best Showdowns Today I want to do something a little different. I was playing the old NES / Famicon gave Ninja Gaiden with my son. For those who don't know or don't remember, the game…

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4 months ago

Well, I Bought Some More Hive - and Other Randomness Greetings and salutations Hivers. So Hive is down to 18 cents. And I just bought some more. Actually I bought some more the other day when it was near 0.25. I thought that was a…

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5 months ago

You Should Laugh More - Lloyd Bridges Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. Research has shown that laughter is good for us. It has all kinds of health…

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6 months ago

Mitchell and Webb - Are We the Baddies? Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. Research has shown that laughter is good for us. It has all kinds of health…

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6 months ago

You Should Laugh More - God Bless Shatner Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. Research has shown that laughter is good for us. It has all kinds of health…

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7 months ago

Modern Hollywood Hits Reshot in Old Hollywood Style There has been a recent trend on the internets that is pretty great. People are using AI and combining it with

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7 months ago

This is Entirely Too Silly - You Should Laugh More Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today I thought we'd do another You Should Laugh More post. Research has shown that laughter is good for us. It has all kinds of health…

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