Michael Philips

Dec 3, 2024 | medium.com | Michael Philips

Michael Philips·Follow1 min read·--Once upon a time, I needed to see a dentist, because I used to eat a lot of sweets when I was young, and my teeth rotted so badly. They rotted so bad that a writer buddy of mine wrote a bestseller about a monstrous version of me trying to kiss a damsel against her will — and it sold billions of copies. Anyway, moronic tales aside, on the fateful day, I went to see the most famous dentist in our small town.

Dec 3, 2024 | medium.com | Michael Philips

Michael Philips·Follow7 min read·--“Give me a moment, madam, and I’ll be right with you. Please don’t go. Just wait.”The salesman had an egg-shaped head, with only a zigzag of black hair plastered on his scalp like cardboard decorations. He reminded Sophie of someone she knew when she was young. But that must’ve been ages ago. Her memory could not provide her with neither the place nor the exact time period. She waited. And waited. And waited.

Oct 26, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Shawn Hansen |Michael Philips |Brigham Young

KeywordsJapanese anime, Japanese animations, Space Cruiser Yamato, AkiraDepartmentComparative Arts and LettersAbstractThe purpose of this research was to measure the rise of the individual consciousness in Japan over time as expressed through anime, or Japanese animations. To illustrate this, I compared group dynamics and the role of the individual as expressed through two anime: Space Cruiser Yamato (Uchuu Senkan Yamato), from 1976, and Akira from 1989.

Jan 26, 2024 | rep-am.com | Michael Philips

There is no quintessential Norman Jewison movie. There are only wide-ranging examples of the Canadian-born filmmaker’s versatility: Doris Day comedies, Oscar-winning dramatic powerhouses, a half-dozen stage-to-screen adaptations – and my favorite of all his movies, “Moonstruck” from 1987. That one exemplifies the sturdy authority of the director behind the camera. Jewison died Jan. 20 at age 97.