Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, I have some exciting news for you my dear readers! I will be hosting a one-time only, exclusive screening of the new, Oscar-nominated film, from the geniuses at Studio Ghibli, “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya!” But let me back up. Even before the nominations were announced last week, my […]
Category Archives: Movies
The 2015 Oscar Nominations
Today is one of my favorite days of the year. It is the day on which I get to see a list of films that, had I not decided to have children, I would have seen some of. And it is a list of films that, again without the kids, I would attempt to check […]
Big Hero 6 – A Team of 4?
Okay, I’ll admit it. I caved. We have a family tradition that involves going to see a movie over Thanksgiving weekend, and this year we had already chosen Big Hero 6 as our obvious choice. But then, we just couldn’t wait. Well, I just couldn’t wait. It looked so gooooood! I had to seeeeee it! Ahhhhhhh! And so […]
An Obnoxious Review of “Interstellar,” by the 3 Jerks in the Row Behind Me
If you are here looking for my personal review of the amazing film “Interstellar,” directed by Christopher Nolan, I am sorry to say that you are in the wrong place. I would have given it high marks, and compared it to “2001,” “Contact,” and “Gravity.” I would have shouted out “spoiler alert” as I discussed […]
Violence is Easy, Sex is Hard
In the years before I had children, and even for much of the past seven years of parenting, I have loudly and indignantly declared to anyone who would listen that I would much rather show my children sex than violence. I pretentiously and self-righteously condemned our culture of guns and machismo, wondering at great volume […]
That Time I Actually Thought the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Was Coming For Me
The year: 1986. The place: Rural Vermont. The boy: Me. The event: Ghostbusters. The result: Chaos. I had been dying to see Ghostbusters for what felt like my entire life. All of my friends at school had seen it, and the marketplace was flooded with 1st grader appropriate Ghostbusting merchandise. Every book order form was […]
George Bailey and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad, Wonderful Life
When Mark, Rachel, and I first sat down to discuss the possibility of doing another movie sermon series, this time based on the idea of a “call,” there were dozens of film suggestions thrown out into the ring. When “It’s a Wonderful Life” was mentioned I quickly stiffened and said “That is one of my […]
The Importance of Indiana Jones’ Office Hours
Last night, our family reached another important movie milestone. We showed our children “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” So many iconic scenes! So many lines that I tried not to speak aloud! And, of course, so many questions from Ruby. Edward, being four, did not have so many questions, mostly because he spent much of […]
How to Win Your Fantasy Summer Movie Draft
I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I was in two fantasy football leagues this past winter (and by “past winter” I mean the one that started last October and continues to this day), and I have to say, for a first timer I kicked some tight end. I was in first or […]
I Dropped a VCR on My Head and Kicked a Nurse
You kids today, with your Netflixin’ and your iPhonin’ and your Amazonin’, have no idea how hard it used to be to watch a movie! When I was a child, your choices of movies were whatever was playing in the theater, and whatever was on TV. Once a year we got to watch Mary Poppins and […]