You know you watch way too many movies when you begin to see patterns emerging in the closing credits. First you have the unit production manager and the first and second assistant directors. I’ve learned that they get their own separate section above everyone else. Then comes the camera operators and the costume and [...]
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Living at the Movies Volume 3 Issue 3
Posted in Living at the Movies on August 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Living at the Movies Volume 3 Issue 2
Posted in Living at the Movies on July 23, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Some are good and some completely suck but I watch them anyway. Here’s what I have to say about the latest bunch of movies that have found their way to my eyes, ears, and brain this past month. Blow: I seem to enjoy the rise from obscurity portions of these types of films a little [...]
Living at the Movies Volume 3 Issue 1
Posted in Living at the Movies on June 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I watch a lot of movies. I see so many films you might think I don’t have anything better to do with my time. Umm, guilty as charged. I do have a terminal illness that limits my mobility and all. The plan I have for this post — and subsequent ones just like it — [...]
Living at the Movies Volume 2 Issue 3
Posted in Ask the Audience, Living at the Movies on October 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Before I dive in to my latest batch of movie reviews, I would like to ask for some help from you, my esteemed readership. With the sudden closure of our local video library, I am planning to reactivate my old Netflix account. I want your help in setting up my queue. Recommend movies that are: [...]
Living at the Movies Volume 2 Issue 2
Posted in Living at the Movies on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Living at the Movies. Because I’ve fallen a bit behind schedule in addition to watching a crapload of movies lately, I will attempt to review each of these ELEVEN films in two sentences or less. Will I be able to rise to the self-imposed challenge? Read on [...]
Living at the Movies Volume 2 Issue 1
Posted in Living at the Movies on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the so-called perks of accepting nature’s early-age retirement package (aka ALS) is that I have a whole lot more free time than most people I know. So what’s a guy to do with his copious amount of spare time? Well, when I’m not offering up solutions to our nation’s economic woes with the [...]
Confessions of a Flat Screen Junkie
Posted in Living at the Movies on March 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I enjoy watching television. Really, I do. Besides reading a book, comic, or magazine, listening to music, browsing the internet, writing my three blogs, eating food by the truckload, playing with Emma, chilling with Fehmeen, going to the movies, sleeping in on weekends, people watching, wreaking havoc in my wheelchair, laughing twenty-four seven, conning people [...]
Living at the Movies
Posted in Living at the Movies on March 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Movies have been a huge part of my life for as long as I’ve been able to sit still and focus my attention on the screen for a couple of hours at a time. I will never forget Billy Mitchell’s eighth birthday party at the Coronet Theater when we saw Star Wars. Nor will I [...]
