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  • Movie Advice Monday: The Godfather

    “Because a man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.” Don Corleone, The Godfather (1972) If there was one constant theme throughout the entire film of The Godfather, it was family. Business was family and… Continue reading

  • My Thoughts on Kevin Smith and Clerks III

    Kevin Smith posted this morning that at 4:20 AM (his pun more-than-likely intended) he started writing the third and final chapter of Clerks: THE BEGINNING OF THE END 20 years ago today, we started shooting CLERKS. 20 years later, with… Continue reading

  • Movie Advice Monday: Teen Wolf

    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo… Continue reading

  • The Dark Knight Trilogy

    When Batman Begins hit theaters back in 2005, I was anything but a Batman scholar. Outside of my thirteen-year-old infatuation of Burton’s 1989 Batman, I really didn’t know much more than the basics. Since then, my knowledge of “The Caped… Continue reading

  • The 'Burbs

    “In Southeast Asia we’d call this kind of thing bad karma.” The ‘Burbs is a delightfully dark comedy about the normality of life in middle-America suburbia. Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) is your average everyday guy who has become a little… Continue reading

  • The Towering Inferno

    “Now, you know there’s no sure way for us to fight a fire in anything over the seventh floor, but you guys just keep building ’em as high as you can.” When I worked at a big box retail store… Continue reading

  • Witness

    “Lady, you take my picture with that thing and I’m gonna rip your brassiere off… and strangle you with it! You got that?” Witness is a captivating film that gives us an open window into a world that most are… Continue reading

  • Duel

    “I’d like to report a truck driver who’s been endangering my life.” Imagine for a moment you’re driving down the road in your car; it’s not the greatest car – in fact it’s downright pitiful. You are on a two-lane… Continue reading

  • Roxanne

    “It’s not the size of the nose that matters; it’s what’s inside that counts!” CD Bales (Steve Martin) is just your average small town fire chief. That is, if your average small town fire chief is clever, charismatic, verbose, witty,… Continue reading

  • Cocoon

    “Men should be explorers, no matter how old they are. I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m going.” Most everyone cherishes the boundless treasures that come from a good relationship with a grandparent. Those that have experienced this wouldn’t trade those… Continue reading