I like Dead Poets Society. It's a nice movie, with just the right admixture of tragedy and inspiration, although it threatens at times to...

I've been in a mood lately, fending off a minor streak of bad luck, But you know what? I'm not the sole survivor of the universe that...

Believe it or not, there was a time in the mid-1990s when Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler appeared poised to become the Meg Ryan and Tom...

It's been a long day, and I've been delayed in getting to posting today's favorite character. Well, to show that I retain some small...

Esphyr Slobodkina's Caps for Sale is an absolute classic of children's literature. The illustrations are stylized and bright, the writing...

I've always been a big fan of the 1991 Albert Brooks comedy Defending Your Life. It's a sardonic, witty, even bittersweet take on what...

Beetlejuice is a strange film, but then it's a Tim Burton film, so what else would you expect? Michael Keaton is at the peak of his...

For our purposes here, I'm talking about the Holly from the 1961 Blake Edwards film version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, not the Holly from...

There are a lot of heroes on this list, plenty of paragons of virtue and honor. There are also plenty of scoundrels, rogues, and...

Bob Parr was really good at his job, and he loved doing it. He had all the attention and accolades he could want, a sense of purpose,...

Confession: I've never read any of the Harris novels. I've never seen the movies other than Silence of the Lambs. Some might hear that...

There are some weird things in this world, make no mistake. And one of the weirdest is the frenetic, bizarre man-child Pee-Wee Herman....