Popcorn Optional

Over the past week, I’ve enjoyed a little “staycation” (that is, a vacation where you don’t actually go anywhere) from my job at the Rainb...

Kids are strange, particularly when it comes to movies. Anyone who has spent any amount of time around a child will tell you that they can...

Buster Keaton was a genius. But you don’t need me to tell you that. The proof is in the pudding, as they say. One of the things I lo...

           I recently saw the mega-blockbuster crowd-pleaser The Avengers . I found myself the one quiet person in a room full of chee...

It doesn’t happen in any other art form. You don’t see a group of people getting together and having a blast listening to bad music. Peopl...

            There come a time in every geek’s life when he must confront that which is unpleasant. I refer here to the almost universally ...

I’m not one to overstate the importance of things, so believe me when I say that Duck Soup changed my life. For some, a great life-changi...