Review: Expelled (updated)
We went to see Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed as planned Friday night. We went to the 6:30 p.m. show and it looked like there were two dozen people in the theater. I hope the numbers increase...
View ArticleOut with the boys
Tonight was “Fundamentals in Film” Night with the teen-age boys and a couple of the dads. We watched a movie, as usual, but first I had to interject some real life — much to the lads’ chagrin. I...
View ArticleFundamentals in Film: Khartoum
I’ve always been on the lookout for films with strong messages dealing with honor and character in this series for teen-age boys, and the stories can be fictional, factual or a bit of both. It’s a...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight(writer)
I came across Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns book in the late 80s and was captivated by the story and images, and how powerfully the re-imaged story overwrote my memories of the campy, 1960s...
View ArticleFundamentals in Film: lessons from history
I haven’t pulled back from the monthly movie classes with the boys and this month I took us even deeper and darker than where we’ve gone of late (The Dark Knight and The Ghost and the Darkness). Last...
View ArticleFundamentals in Film: Into the Woods
Fairy tales are one of the oldest ways mankind has used entertainment to teach the value of good behavior and consequences of bad. Most tales at heart tell of a central character who does either good...
View ArticleFundamentals in Film: Groundhog Day
by the Night Writer When I told the lads last week that we were going to watch a classic Bill Murray movie that featured a cute, furry animal they were all, “Cool – Caddyshack!” “Oh yeah,” I replied,...
View ArticleThinking Green
by the Night Writer Here’s a little recycling in honor of St. Patrick’s day — a couple of older posts that I’m re-running here because they fit the occasion. If you weren’t reading this blog in 2006...
View ArticleDon’t miss this war
by the Night Writer I wanted to take a minute to tell you about a great mystery series our whole family has been enjoying: Foyle’s War. It’s a British series set in the southeast of England beginning...
View ArticleDespicable Parenting
by the Night Writer Behind every super-villain is a lousy parent. At least that’s the message I picked up on when the family sat down the other night to watch the DVD of Despicable Me, the animated...
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