Here's One Good Thing About Keeping Your College ID...

You can get into movies for the student rate. All these movies came out in 2003; I graduated from college in 2000.

Four years, thousands of dollars (thanks, Mom and Dad!), and countless man hours allowed me to save a couple of bucks to see "Something's Gotta Give."

I'm crazy like a fox.

Note: I came across these stubs while cleaning out my files. Why did I keep these? Tax purposes. For most of my stint at Filmcritic.com, which sadly is no more, it was not unusual for me to leave work on Friday, catch the 6:30 or 7 p.m. screening of some atrocity at the local multiplex, and then file the review before I went to bed.

The Beauty of Craigslist's "Missed Connections"

On The Philly Post, I write about why this Internet treasure rivals most movies--including What to Expect When You're Expecting--in terms of sheer entertainment. Click here to read.

P.S.: Realize just now (5/30) that I had the section down as "missed encounters." I've submitted a correction to my editor, and apologize for the error.

Review of "What to Expect When You're Expecting"

Let me put on my Gene Shalit wig for this one: 

"What can audiences expect? Next to nothing in this dirty diaper of a movie." 

You can read my review, originally published in The Weekender, here. 

Movie theater etiquette

Good people of the Interweb, please, read my 10 simple movie-going rules! Let's not ruin blockbuster season! The Avengers are counting on us!

My latest for The Philly Post, a place that has let me run amok. You can read my spiel right here. 

Latest for The Philly Post

I write about Darling Companion--why, Mark Duplass, why?--and why most dog movies need to be put to sleep for The Philly Post. Click here to read the post. 

Review of "The Lucky One"

I reviewed this a few weeks ago for The Weekender, but in the race of packing and Craigslist-selling, I didn't get a chance to post until now. So, here you go.

What can you say about a movie starring two bland, lifeless actors?

Review of "The Avengers"

I wrote this on a Hamilton-bound New Jersey Transit train and on my kitchen counter the next morning, making my deadline with minutes to spare. I actually had to drive 10 minutes to a Starbucks, where a two-dollar water bought me Internet access. 

When I was in college and writing a review of "The Rock" took days and days, I never thought that I could do something like this. Writing can be a mystical process, but it's also work. And if you want to get paid, you have to file something. 

You can read my review of The Avengers, which appeared in The Weekender, here.