When I was growing up, I outwardly acted like Tom Cruise in TOP GUN (which is odd because I wasn’t the best at anything). Inwardly I felt more like Lloyd Dobler (which is odd because I was never able to tap into his self deprecation). One might think given the rom-com iconic status of Dobler’s…
Sick of everyday people rising up to become heroes yet? Good, ’cause there’s another such story coming your way! This one is on the bleaker side of things, and I do know many who weren’t all that nuts about it. For me though, the film drew me in, made me laugh, and ultimately left me…
While I do love doing guest spots on other people’s podcasts, there’s one that has always been a tougher go: Nick Jobe and his Demented Podcast. This is primarily because he puts his guests to work. They have to come armed with impressions, they have to pick a feature discussion topic, and they have to…
I wanted to come up with a blog-a-thon for The Dark of The Matinee, as I’m in the midst of planning a little road trip that will take me away from being able to post later this summer. I thought about making the series topical – perhaps building up to a particular film being released,…
Don’t You Dare Start Thinking that Cartoons Are Kids’ Stuff.
After a week off to do some Oscar coverage, the regular features are returning to The matinee, including a double-dose of recapping the watching habits. The last two weeks had a heavy emphasis on the new material, and for the most part things just happened to fall that way as none of the queue was…
Today, I Feel Like This…
