Dale Samms
actor • voice artist • writer
Well, here we are. The end of a decade. Time to reflect as a new one begins. What will these roaring 20’s hold? What do we want from our next 10 years? An adage says we shouldn’t spend too much time looking to the past. Research backs this because it […]
It’s easy to loose sight of your good fortunes in life. From time to time, I work in a homeless shelter. Recently while there, I had a moment of clarity; I looked around & realized I wasn’t seeing people who had simply lived their lives in difficult positions, instead, I […]
True story: I love a good mystery. As a kid it was reading Tom Swift & the Hardy Boys & watching Twilight Zone reruns. Later it was Sherlock Holmes & Agatha Christie novels & faithfully watching Unsolved Mysteries & the X-Files. I, like so many, find myself regularly intrigued by […]
Lists. They’re everywhere. It seems everyone has an opinion they feel compelled to share with the rest of the world. Top 10s, 20s, 50s, even hundreds… lists of bests, worsts, mosts, leasts — you name it, there’s lists for it. & they’re all different because they’re all. Painfully. Arbitrary. My […]
There’s truth in the notion history repeats itself. I’ll take a step further by saying it’s guaranteed when left unchecked. It’s in the cyclical patterns of nature. It’s evidenced in universal laws. It’s ingrained in our behavior as a living species. Because we humans are conscious, self-aware entities, when we […]
This is Mahnaz Mohammadi. She is an Iranian born filmmaker & activist. She spent 7 years in an Iranian prison because her outspoken views on her nation’s oppressive practices & policies ran contrary to the expectations of a country the refuses to support such behavior. Particularly from a woman. […]
It’s strange how sometimes you don’t realize a thing that’s been right in front of you all along. Take Leonardo DiCaprio for example. The guy has quietly (as ridiculous as that sounds) made himself into one of the biggest, most sustainable, most bankable stars ever. Leo has seemingly followed a […]
My first memory of Rutger Hauer –like many film fans –was as the diabolical Roy Batty in the instant classic, Bladerunner. There was something about Hauer’s screen presence I always found unsettling. He often played ‘the bad guy’, but never played the role as over-the-top or intense or maniacal. Always […]