JP
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer | Administrative professional |
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Introduction | I’m a Toronto based cinephile, film enthusiast and freelance film writer at My Film Journal. As a lover of the art of cinema I’m drawn toward a visual aesthetic and overall emotional experience while always on the lookout for films with unique stories that are visually innovative and inspirational. I can be reached at jp.myfilmjournal@yahoo.com |
| Interests | World cinema, World literature, World mythology, World folktales, Classic fairy tales, Animal fables, National epic poems, Norse sagas, Heroic adventures, War stories, behind the scenes and art of film making and biographies. |
| Favorite Movies | Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Ran, Star Wars Saga, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Avatar, The Three Musketeers, Quest for Fire, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange, The Jungle Book, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Logan's Run, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Pleasantville, Alien Saga, Galaxy Quest, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Babel, Lars and the Real Girl, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, I for India, Head-On, King Kong, Born into Brothels, Downfall, Hero, Troy, House of Flying Daggers, The Last Samurai, In This World, Riding Giants, Ten, Close-Up, The Pianist, Enlightenment Guaranteed, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Signs, Amelie, Malena, Amores Perros, Monsters Inc., Gladiator, The Social Network, Kick-Ass, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia, MicMacs, Marwencol, Tangled, Unstoppable, Robin Hood, Hereafter, Restrepo, Green Zone, The Host, Tampopo, The Apu Trilogy, Bicycle Thieves, The Lives of Others, Mustang, Pride, Moonstruck, About a Boy |
| Favorite Music | Film soundtracks, World Music, Classical, Lenny Kravits, Gwen Stefani, Nelly Furtado |
| Favorite Books | The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Aesop's fables, The Pancatantra, Arabian Nights, Icelandic Sagas, Beowulf, Grimm's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Asterix, Shakespeare's Plays, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Three Musketeers, The Jungle Books, Heart of Darkness, Tarzan of the Apes, The Sword of Shannara, Urshurak, Wizard's First Rule, Magician: Apprentice, Game of Thrones, Gheghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, The Kite Runner, Three Day Road, The Trojan War: A New History, The Wish Maker, The White Tiger, The Siege by Kadare, Teacher Man by Frank McCourt, Who's sorry now? by Howard Jacobson, The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman, Submarine by Joe Dunthorne. |