Nobody Errs It Better: Petty Nitpicks and James Bond

My wife and I have been doing our best to train and teach our children.  Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, but we don’t give up easily.  We encourage, we enable, we chastise, we correct.  Parenting is a full-time job.  If you don’t believe me, just ask Ward Cleaver or Herman Munster; they know the …

Almost Equal Sequels PART XIII: Batman Returns

When in Year of Our Blockbusters, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Nine, there was only one man that could beat Indiana Jones, James Bond, Riggs & Murtaugh, Marty McFly, the Ghostbusters, and Weird Al Yankovic at the box office: Batman!  There was such a demand for Batman movie tickets and bat-related paraphernalia, the country simply …

The 11 Days of Rejected Hallmark Christmas Movie Pitches

Yes, I know that Thanksgiving hasn’t even happened yet. However, I also know that it is closer to Christmas today compared to yesterday.  But soft, the holidays bring forth that most blessed of events: the Hallmark Christmas movies! As long as there are faded 1990s TV stars, boatloads of cheaper snow up in Canada, and …

The 25 or However Many Days of 007 DAY 1: Viewing To Killing

Hello and incandescent greetings of mirth and whimsy and zeitgeists!  Once again I am taking to the ether of the interwebs to start a series that will truly test the limits of patience among most carbon-based lifeforms, several recliners, and most commemorative spoon collections that were collected after 1974.  Yes, I am challenging myself to …