Wherein Jim Responds To the Movie Love Questionnaire
Maybe I ought to speak to my therapist about my inability to pass up answering one of these interview-like questionnaires. This one comes from Roger Ebert's website. You can read…
Why I’m Rooting For the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl
I don't usually indulge in petty hatreds. Oh, there are lots of things I dislike--Republicans, BMW drivers, JJ Abrams movies--but I usually reserve my hates for those who've unleashed great…
I Won’t Watch. Don’t Ask Me.
The Onion AV Club started a conversation that got me thinking about the pop culture that I deliberately avoid, that I want to know as little about as possible. I…
Warning: Here Be Nerdiness
Yesterday, a conversation with a student somehow turned to the Michael Bay movie Armageddon--a film that shares the same real estate in my cortex as the Tuck Rule Game, the George…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Okay, the premise of the Red Dawn remake is that North Korea invaded us? North Korea, the country that can't feed itself because it blows all its dough on missiles that…