So. The election’s come and gone, half the country is celebrating, and the other half… It’s really easy for Trump voters to gloat for a few days.  After all, both the Democratic leadership and all the talking heads called our candidate and, by extension (and sometimes explicitly), all of us “garbage,” “Nazis,” “fascists,” white supremacists”……

Somehow I missed two days this week. Don’t know where my head was…

The Guns of Navarone (1961) – Their mission: take out massive Nazi guns on a Greek island before they blow up Allied troop ships. Their assets: Gregory Peck, who can speak any language like a native and climb cliffs, and Anthony Quinn, who hates Peck’s guts. Their liabilities: David Niven is a passive-aggressive prick, and…

As has been my tradition for at least fifteen years, on the Friday before Halloween I gather the kids and start throwing monster movies at the screen until everyone gives up and goes to bed. This year having seen the passing of Roger Corman, I chose the movies with a tribute in mind. Attack of…

Remarks I delivered in church this morning: Before I start, you might have the question: Why do I schedule myself to speak so often? It’s not, I assure you, because I think I’m the smartest or holiest person in the room. But I have a couple of traits to bring to bear: 1) I don’t…

In the Blood (2014) – While on an adventurous honeymoon in Central America, a groom disappears after an accident on a zipline, and no one wants to help the bride find him. Fortunately, the bride is Gina Carano, so she kicks half the asses in the country in order to find him. It’s weird, but…