Cinema 21 Update

Her name was Bri. It was early in my teaching career, and yet again, I was dying a slow death in the front of the room. I don't remem...

Mike Judge gets a pass. No matter what. Not even counting his legendary television work, the man behind Office Space gets the benefit of th...

The privacy fence out back with the missing strips. The bedroom light that still doesn't have a fixture. That bare spot in the top co...

It was a square room. I got there first, and I took the back left corner, quickly affixing my Trainspotting poster to the wall, next to the...

A Chinese Lantern. William Shakepeare's signature.  The elusive Albino Humpback.  Someone genuinely excited about Scarlett Johans...

I think it took the first one less than five minutes to firmly establish its hard R rating. Whether it was the incessant profanity, the ram...

While I'm not really interested in making any, I'm a sucker for a good list . One night, stumbling from movie blog to movie blog, I...

Twenty years ago, my older brother Bryan took me to see the first Independence Day movie. I distinctly remember three things about that day...

1971 and 1973. Two years apart. My older brothers grew up with each other. Had bunk beds, shared clothes, almost burnt down the house and...

My new job does not require me to speak. If I wanted to, I could probably go the full eight to twelve hours without saying a word. The othe...

Her name was Bri. It was early in my teaching career, and yet again, I was dying a slow death in the front of the room. I don't remem...

Imagine you're trying to decide on a movie to watch and you come across a movie called Explosions . On the back of the box it says, ...

I was definitely late to the party the first time. Very late . I wasn't even sure what the Hell the big deal was, honestly. A series ...

The privacy fence out back with the missing strips. The bedroom light that still doesn't have a fixture. That bare spot in the top co...

I ran for office once. Well, actually we ran for office. No, not me and you (but that would've been awesome, I'm sure), but me...

After tooling around looking at deer and cows, yes, cows , our incredibly overzealous tour guide willed yet another bus up a fairly steep...

If the only thing that awaits us at the end of our lives is certain death, it's fairly reasonable to say that we should all just be coo...

I think it was when I did my taxes for the first time. At least that's what I told myself. Maybe it was in college, when one of my best...

As the economy has sputtered and bottomed out, it's an utter grind being a working stiff. In my own line of work, education, higher-ups...

Twelve hours...and I can do anything I want? Like, anything-anything? That sounds f--king fantastic . I've got it. I know exactly wha...