Super Hero Movies (MM #2265)
The new Wonder Woman movie hit theaters this week. And that made me wonder why they’re releasing so many super hero movies. Obviously, the demand is there…
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Movie Choices (MM #2188)
I often wonder about our personal movie choices. Why do we like the kinds of movies that we like. I love goofy comedies, no matter how bad they are. I have friends who won’t miss watching a horror movie. What causes each of us to like the movies that we do?
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New Awards Show (MM #2168)
Watching the Oscars last night I realized that we needed a new awards show. We need a movie awards show that reflects what real people are watching. I can’t be the only person who feels a little lost when the Oscars are on…
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Movie Sequels (MM #1934)
Movie sequels have become a part of our movie going experience. Some are good, maybe even better than the original movie. Some…. perhaps most, nowhere near as good. Many are talking about the new Ghostbusters movie. I encountered another movie sequel last week that I wanted no part of…
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Watching Movies (MM #1835)
There isn’t a person I know who doesn’t love watching movies in some shape, form, or fashion. But I wonder why we love some movies more than others. There are just some movies that we watch over and over and over again…
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Before They Were Famous (MM #1831)
I can’t begin to count the number of movies that I’ve seen numerous times. And it always shocks me when I finally notice an actor before they were famous. I could watch a movie dozens of times, but there always seems to be at least one person you finally notice for the first time…
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CDs And DVDs (MM #1565)
I’ve finally reached that point in life, that you’ve probably already reached. I’ve been toting around my old albums, cassettes, CDs and DVDs, for a long time, and don’t know why I still hold on to them. They’re just taking up space…
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Opening Night (MM #1521)
When I was a much younger man, Friday night was usually a date night and that often meant going to see one of the new movies that had come out that week. I hadn’t gone to a movie on a Friday night in a long time, until last week. And while I love movies, I…
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High Expectations (MM #1252)
I truly love what technology has done for us, but I often think that it’s changed us. Perhaps we’re a bit more jaded, or is it something else?
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Adventures In Babysitting (MM #1053)
Sometimes art mimics life. And sometimes life mimics art. And often they mimic one another in the strangest of ways…
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