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January 23, 2008

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Movie-a-Minute

We type a's lead busy lives. Besides working a 40-hour-a-week job (which, I'm happy to say, I LOVE!), I write this column, plus four more, PLUS I run a website hosting/PC consulting business on the side. So who has time... Read the story »

January 14, 2008

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Movie Mistakes' All-Time Greatest List

Hey, mistakes happen. I check my blog entries diligently, yet the occasional typo slips through. In the moviemaking biz, your mistakes live on in infamy. There's no option to edit and rebuild your movie. Today's FamilyFirst pick is moviemistakes.com's all-time... Read the story »

November 16, 2007

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Star Wars United

It's difficult for me to believe that Star Wars has been around for thirty years! The year that your author graduated from high school, a movie was released that was part science fiction (more fiction than science) and part cowboys... Read the story »

October 23, 2007

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The Movie Box Presents Trailers

Trailers, trailers, trailers! No, I'm not talking about FEMA housing. I'm talking movie trailers, as in dozens of movies! Today's FamilyFirst pick is The Movie Box's trailers page. And there is a veritable cornucopia of movie trailers for you to... Read the story »

September 25, 2006

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Box-Office Mojo

Prices on high-def tv's have been steadily dropping. I've been monitoring their fall, and when I had a chance to score a Philips tube-type for $370, I finally took the plunge. It's been a blast watching my widescreen DVD's in... Read the story »

August 28, 2006

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Jack Nicholson Unofficial Fansite

There are actors, and then there are actors. Hollywood has given us countless superstars. However, there is a top tier of thespians who stand alone. Their names are equated with greatness. Their talent is such that they survive the occasional... Read the story »

August 22, 2006

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Shawn Hogan, Hero

I am absolutely in awe of the MPAA. I have some friends of mine who recommended getting edited DVD's from various websites that offer edited DVD's. It's a great idea, because we don't watch R-rated movies in my house. However,... Read the story »

July 01, 2006

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Bond Villains

In 1962, a movie was released based on the works of a British writer named Ian Fleming. He created a spy character known as Bond. James Bond. Here we are over forty years later, and despite running out of Fleming... Read the story »

May 19, 2006

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AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Heroes & Villains

Why do we love movies so much? I would say because movies present dilemmas that more or less mirror our own challenges, but which are generally exaggerated to be more challenging than what we face. And, for the most part,... Read the story »

December 16, 2005

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IMDB

This site was reviewed a long time ago (2001 to be exact), but it has expanded so much since then that I feel it deserves a second FamilyFirst review. It's the Internet Movie Database. This is quite simply the ultimate... Read the story »

October 03, 2005

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The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts

Today’s FamilyFirst pick is The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. This site covers all of the short subjects Disney made between the years 1922 to the present. In 1919, an ambulance driver by the name of Walt Disney began looking... Read the story »

October 02, 2005

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The Incredibles

Today’s FamilyFirst site celebrates one of the funniest, cleverest, most exciting movies to come out of Pixar Studios (and there have been a lot of those). It’s Disney’s official site for The Incredibles. Mr. Incredible is a superhero. At least... Read the story »

September 27, 2005

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Muppets.com

Are you ready for some Muppet fun? Today’s FamilyFirst pick is Muppets.com, the official home of the Muppets! The Muppets seem like they’ve been around forever. Sesame Street came on the scene when I was ten years old, and I... Read the story »

September 11, 2005

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It's Howdy Doody Time

The sophistication of children's shows today is mind-boggling. The topics and subject matter are way beyond what the adults of today dealt with, topics that were best left to our parents. Today's Family First Site looks at a site... Read the story »

August 30, 2005

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Dreams of Space

Travel to outer space has long been a dream of mankind's. Before there were planes and trains and rocket ships, the desire to go "out there" has been on the minds of both young and old. This desire was... Read the story »

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