MCC Film Blog

When I was in Cali with Jason, I saw Beth Grant at Hugo's. I kept telling Jason she looked familiar but he couldn't place her. She kept talking about scripts and projects she was developing but I couldn't remember her name either. You may remember her from such films as Rain Man, Donnie Darko, Flatliners, The Rookie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, or the one I saw her in (again!) last night, Speed.

I am certain I remember her most from Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael because it also starred Laila Robins, a woman with whom I went to college. Laila was also in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, An Innocent Man, and Female Perversions. She was also in the television series Gabriel's Fire.

 

FUN WITH WORDS

Explore language visually with The Visual Thesaurus -- a synonym, antonym star cluster map that brings language to life. Created with ThinkPad, it's a great tool from PlumbDesign.

When the window pops open, do the following:

1. Type the word you'd like to map in the upper left hand corner.
   
2. Press launch button for ONLINE edition.
   
3. Another window will pop open. You may need to push the Go button in the lower right hand corner.
   
4. View the word cluster. Drag the cluster in 3D with your mouse.
   
5. Click on another word to expand the cluster -or- click on a nexus to establish a new root.
   
6. Buy a Desktop Edition for $29.95 if you think this is as awesome as I do. It's an amazing creativity tool.