If you're of a certain vintage, Friends was a seminal program. It aired from when I was 19 to when I was 29, and was appointment...

The Man Who Would Be King is my favorite Kipling work. His original 1888 book is a tale of greed, hubris, and a subtle critique of...

Let's for a moment ignore that Harper Lee's caretakers (exploiters) released Go Set a Watchman as a cash grab, even though Lee herself...

First, I understand that the nitpickers out there will observe that this picture isn't really of Jean, but of Phoenix at the instant of...

Like there was another choice for today? Groundhog Day is a modern classic for multiple reasons. It's funny, it's heartwarming, it's...

Isaac Asimov is rightfully considered a giant in the world of science fiction. His vast collected works (he has been published in 9 of...

Scent of a Woman is about an hour too long. Other than that, it's a tremendous film. Even Chris O'Donnell is tolerable in his bemused...

This won't be the last Michael J. Fox character to appear on this list, but it deserves to be the first. Family Ties was a largely...

One of my absolute favorite children's books, both as a boy myself and as a parent reading to my own kids, is Tikki Tikki Tembo. It's...

Maybe I have a thing for lady doctors. After all, I thought Sherry Stringfield's Dr. Lewis on ER was pretty hot stuff back in the day....

Pixar does excellent work. Last summer's entry, Inside Out, was no exception. Though not a terribly original premise (I kept thinking of...

It's become easy in recent years to dismiss Tom Cruise, to reduce him to the punchline of a Scientology joke, or a couch-jumping sketch....