Film

Dear John Letter, the Mega-Cineplex Version

As I get older my perceptions on things change, and I feel like I’ve become cold to you. I wasn’t always this way, in high school I was up for any movie, any time, but back then it was more about the act of going to the theater than the actual film itself. And [...]


Format war fallout

Don’t tell anyone, but I have an HD DVD player.
I know it’s embarrassing, but it’s really not my fault. It was a gift, two years ago nonetheless. And it’s just an add-on to my Xbox360, so at least it’s not an expensive standalone player. At the time, I thought it was great–we could finally really [...]


The Rotten Tomatoes curse

Hi all, Couple/Think has been on vacation for the last week so thanks for coming around this way again. During our mini-vacay, Kirsten and I saw the movie “Iron Man.” It was thoroughly entertaining and fun–everything the studios are trying to achieve for their summer blockbusters. Before this flick though, our last trip to the [...]


A glimpse of Glass

I expect it has happened to all of us who listen to music on mp3 players–someone asks, “What are you listening to?” On the occasion the music selection is totally unexpected you get the delayed response of, “oh, ok,” and that is that. Chalk it up to another strange response from a person who doesn’t [...]