You’ve probably heard by now that director Tony Scott committed suicide this weekend. I’m not saddened by Tony’s choice, but I am saddened that we have lost a reliable filmmaker.  Those are on far too short a supply.  I thought his work was always solid; he made a few really great films (True Romance), several […]

I’m going to wrap this up by saving the best for last.  If anyone has sat through all of these posts, thank you.  And thanks to everyone for the kind outpouring of support you’ve shown. Gandalf didn’t make films, but if he did, they’d have a Samurai.  I like to think that he followed the […]

Because he got more action than his man, John Woo. Here’s Chow! Yun! Fat!  Hard Boiled hardcore.

Our Mr. Gandalf loved nothing better than to help his Dad out with home improvement projects, making sure that BW got the job done right and didn’t injure himself with the power tools.  He liked to study up by watching Norm Abrams.  Remember, wear those safety goggles!  

This one actually made me bust out sobbing. You can choose not to believe me, but I swear, Gandalf loved Miami Vice.  He always wanted his own cigarette boat.  

This week I am celebrating Gandalf with videos of all his favorite things.  They make me smile to think of him, and I hope you enjoy them too, but if you don’t….well, Gandalf really wouldn’t care. Dedicated to you, buddy.  

  GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what? GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a […]

Wanted to let everyone know that we have made the difficult decision to allow our beloved Gandalf to “pass into the West”, as it were, on this Friday morning. There is no one particular issue I can point to, rather there has been a systematic decline that has picked up momentum in the past few […]