Category: Film

  • How I Changed The World

    I have loved Rifftrax for years.  Their Rifftrax Live project is a lot of fun, but my wife and I haven’t been able to see many of them because it’s always 60-90 miles to the nearest participating theater.  We did see the Starship Troopers one, but really, two hours of driving to LaCrosse and back…

  • Critic past his prime honored

    Roger Ebert received a great honor recently, and I’m of two minds of the matter.  As a guy who appreciates film, I bet he’d be great to pal around with and talk about which X-Men movie was better and why, and what movies he hated, etc.  At the same time, he’s not as great a…

  • Nice Guy finishes first

    Gary Sinise, hard-working crusader for the USO ever since September 12, 2001, was given the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest honor a civilian can earn. Way to go, Mr. Sinise! Is it just me, or is Associated Press determined to make every story about the Bush administration stink?  Look how the story hammers hard about…