Scott’s Blog

  • Short & Sweet Reviews

    Short Reviews from one Concerned Parent to Another … THE BOOK OF LIFE – PG – SPLAT for infusing a fun and colorful kids movie with pagan traditions of the afterlife, rooted in the Mexican holiday “Day of the Dead”… then adding just enough Christian symbolism to make it acceptable to American audiences. THE BEST OF ME –… Read more

  • Movie Lineup for DC Comics

    Warner Brothers has just unveiled its release schedule for movies based on the DC Comics universe.  For someone like me who enjoys superhero movies, this is exciting news. On the other hand, I predict that at some point between 2016 and 2020 the movie-going public as a whole will become overwhelmed with superhero movies and even become so sick of… Read more

  • Alexander’s Bad Day

    Finally, a family comedy that’s funny, clever, well acted, clean for the most part,  and full of that old-fashioned Disney Magic. Crosswalk.com says this … If not for the omnipresent iPhones, the otherwise delightfully retro Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day could pass for something very early Disney, like maybe The… Read more

  • Pixar’s INSIDE OUT – First Trailer

    This is the first trailer released by Pixar for their upcoming movie, Inside Out. The movie’s not due out until June 19th of next year, but I’m excited about this one and I know many others are excited because it’s the first original (not a sequel) Pixar movie since Brave in 2012. In my opinion, Pixar movies… Read more

  • Fifty Shades of Sesame Street

    In a recent Ernie and Bert sketch on everyone’s favorite educational kid’s show Sesame Street, there is an obvious allusion to the Shades of Grey book. Bert is sitting on a park bench and reading a book that clearly shows the title “Fifty Shades of Oatmeal”. He addresses the camera and then reads the book. He says,… Read more

  • My Calvin & Hobbes Sweatshirt

    Finally, one of my kids has turned out to be a Calvin & Hobbes fan and was excited when I offered to pass my Calvin & Hobbes sweatshirt to her. This is my sweet daughter, Alyssa wearing the sweatshirt that has great sentimental value to me, and now to her. Not only is it depicting… Read more