“Jaws” At Fifty
Fifty years ago today, Universal Pictures released Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” the movie that kept people out of the water at beaches around the world for months. For its anniversary, I offer two interviews I did about the movie.
Shrimp Shell Game
My bad meal night started when I asked the waiter in an Italian restaurant a simple question about the shrimp scampi — and things went downhill from there. Here’s the story.
Hey, Bo Diddley
Hearing a Bo Diddley song playing in a restaurant recently reminded me of seeing him in concert. I’ve never witnessed a performer turn the crowd against himself the way he did that day. I tell the story here.
MYMNK: “Lee”
I have a new entry for my Movies You Might Not Know list, a 2023 biopic with Kate Winslet giving an amazing performance as a fashion-model-turned-war-photographer who captured historic images during World War II. Here’s my review.
“Materialists”
Here’s my review of a new romcom starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans which differs from others in its genre thanks to writer/director Celine Song.
TSA + CBP = HUH?
When we flew internationally recently, we encountered new policies put in place by Customs and Border Protection and the TSA which made no sense. Here’s what I mean.