Writer and Director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise as billionaire oilman Digger Rockwell, is the satirical cautionary environmental parable that is self-conscious, when it needs to be more self-aware. Get out of its own way. There’s innate genius underneath Tom Cruise’s prosthetic fat suit and Jerry Jones like Texas swagger, Alejandro Inarritu’s provocative…
About Jon Ochiai
The Love Story of ‘Heart of the Beast’
“It’s not who you live for. It’s who you die for.”
“It’s not who you live for. It’s who you die for.”
Calm
Mushin. Mushin.
I have no control over what happens to me. I can be quiet inside amidst what happens to me. Calm amidst the storm. Many years ago, the late Mizukami Sensei said, “When you feel the most pressure, that’s when your mind is the most calm.” Sensei taught me the koan: Mushin. Mushin. In Japanese, mushin…
Happy, Not Right
I give up being right that "I'm not good enough".
I give up being right that “I’m not good enough”.
They Do It
We bring everyone up.
The New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA Champions. They defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4 games to 1. After 53 years, the Knicks are NBA Champions, again. Jalen Brunson is the 2026 NBA Finals MVP. Billionaire, NBA Hall of Fame, 5-time NBA Champion Earvin “Magic” Johnson was guest on ESPN First Take with Hosts…
Bad Objects
Things have a way of working out.
Things have a way of working out.
Getting Back Up in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
"Fall down seven times, get up eight."
As Director Dave Green’s Coyote vs. Acme opens, cartoon Wile E. Coyote wears his Acme magnetic glove and pours bird seed over Acme metal pellets to catch his arch nemesis cartoon Road Runner. Road Runner eats the birdseed and metal pellets. However, something goes wrong with his magnetic glove. Instead, Coyote’s glove attracts a speeding…
Normalize
"When someone attacks you, they are asking for your help."
“When someone attacks you, they are asking for your help.”
I Was Weak…
Just train. It's not like you have to get somewhere or be someone else.
In Director Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe (2026), young Prince Adam, played Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, embarrassed his father King Randor, played by James Purefoy, watching his warrior training. The angry King challenged his son raising his sword. He mercilessly attacked Adam until he surrendered on the ground. The grown man beat down the little boy…
Multitudes in Me
Walt Whitman wrote, "I contain multitudes."
Walt Whitman wrote, “I contain multitudes.”
Having It In You Means Nothing, Unless
"You did it."
“You did it.”
Life Is Beautiful
"I really do appreciate things."
“I really do appreciate things.”
It’s Not Small
Because for them, it really matters.
Because for them, it really matters.
Because You’re You in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day”
"We love you, because you're you."
In Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland plays Peter Parker and superhero Spider-Man. Peter lets powerful telepathic telekinetic mutant Jean Grey, played by quiet powerful Sadie Sink, enter his mind. There Jean sits in young Peter’s place as she listens to his late Aunt May, played by sublime Marisa Tomei. Aunt…
For Love in ‘The Odyssey’
We don't control anything.
The Odyssey is the Best Movie of the Year, so far. It’s one of my favorite movies of the year, too.
No One Cares
In a good way...
On New Heights, Hosts brothers Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce talked with 7-time Super Bowl Champion, NFL GOAT (Greatest of All-time) Tom Brady about his legendary NFL career. At the University of Michigan, Tom said he worked with his sports psychologist, the late Greg Harden. Greg said, “You have a shitty attitude!” He said Tom…