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It’s been an interesting transition back to the school year schedule. I don’t want to say it has been smooth, but it certainly hasn’t been difficult. One of the biggest adjustments is having Xavier in afternoon preschool. Notice I put this above working around a 3 month old infant. I’ll get to that in a…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a very “standard” super hero film that is disguised as a sort of 70s espionage thriller. I wasn’t disappointed in it, but will say that I knew just about the whole of the plot and outcome from having watched the trailers before the film’s theatrical release. Some spoilers ahead…
I make no qualifications with regards to my admiration for “Doc McStuffins” on Disney Junior. There is quite a lot to like about the show. There is the fact the protagonist is both a girl and “of color”. Her ambition is to be a doctor like her mother. Her dad is a stay at home…
I don’t remember the first time I heard Slint. If I remember correctly a band member (I used to be a musician a couple decades ago) of mine brought Tweez, Slint’s first album, to practice and we listened to it as a band. Practice in those days was much looser, with Sunday afternoons spent listening…
I was so pissed off after watching Deep Star Six that I didn’t watch any movies dealing with the ocean for a while. That meant I missed seeing The Abyss until it was rereleased in theaters in the special extended edition (and I did so sort of grudgingly, but am now glad I did see…
I know it’s late. When you have 6 kids see if you get anything done on time. This week the kids went back to school. Well, most of them. Kyle went to work and Tevye just drooled everywhere. Thursday was the first day for most of the kids with preschool starting on Friday. Here is…
“Piggyback ride!” my 4 year old exclaimed. I thought at first he wanted me to give him a piggyback ride, which I couldn’t do since I was pushing the stroller with his infant brother inside. I look down at him. He’s looking up ahead, somewhere along the sidewalk something has caught his attention. He points….
What follows in this paragraph is a short tale regarding the appeal of the latest Disney nature documentary. I was getting set up to watch the movie with my kids but my 7 year old son didn’t want to watch it so he left to go play downstairs. 15 minutes later he came up for some…
The Marx Brothers are titans in the comedy world for a reason. While Groucho often gets the credit and recognition he wouldn’t be nearly as effective without Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. Heck, Even Gummo was part of the troupe’s stage act which is what made them famous to get signed to do movies. While Zeppo…
The soundtrack for The Harder They Come is a staple for most people who listened to “alternative” music in the 80s and 90s. Jimmy Cliff was an established reggae star at the time the film was made and it was only natural the soundtrack would feature much of his music heavily. Heck, he did star…