Cinema 21 Update

Wait, you're saying he took her out on a date, in the daytime  and.... and had thoughtful conversation about relevant topics? What? And...

Yes. No. Noooo. Probably. Oh God, yes.  No. No. Well... I don't even have to ask myself the question anymore. But the answer? ...

I fill up my DVR with all kinds of stuff. Mostly current movies that I didn't see in the theater, but occasionally I grab random stuff ...

Last Thursday night, in movie-going terms, was a much more innocent time. It's rather fitting then, that my wife decided that we should ...

When my lesson would end early, there would be instances where the only thing I could do was allow the dreaded free time. One afternoon, mi...

Everybody has things in their life they say they will never do. Me? I will never type ell-oh-ell in a text (you see what I did there). I...

Some of you smarter types might read a classic novel to better educate yourself, or perhaps to simply make you a more well-rounded individu...

I don't care what your eyes (sometimes) tell you. Or what your heart says half the time. Or what the news says always. And that one gu...

Near my friend's house, there used to be this one-off video store, totally unaffiliated with any reputable chain. And while most of the...

When you close your eyes and think of your father, is he always wearing the same thing? Mine is. For the better part of two decades, I only...

There have been a lot of films recently that have focused on the end of the world. Usually, the climactic event occurs in a way where the c...

Brittani, over at the brilliant The Top Ten Film Icons , the Top Ten Influential Directors , not too mention a whole slew of others I wasn...

When my lesson would end early, there would be instances where the only thing I could do was allow the dreaded free time. One afternoon, mi...

Everybody has things in their life they say they will never do. Me? I will never type ell-oh-ell in a text (you see what I did there). I...

My wife made this thing for the house this past fourth of July. It's hand-crafted and pretty patriotic looking. She says it's a wr...

Lewis Black has a great bit about anticipation being the best part of life. His point, is that the moment just prior to whatever you'v...

A fellow movie blogger, the esteemed Movie Waffler , asked me to contribute to a kickass blogathon he is running. The hook? Write a pi...

My cousin Tony and I used to go to the movies all the time when I lived in Connecticut. We're both teachers, so our schedules aligned p...

As a high-school sophomore in 1995, I took my first film class. Somewhere early in the syllabus, our teacher, Mr. Clarke, dropped  The Litt...

I only have one child, but if I had say, seven of the them - would it be possible to pick a favorite? Sure, maybe the first would hold a sp...