Tips from Chip

If you were to ask me if I watched the royal wedding the answer would be “sort of.”   I turned on the TV to get the news Friday morning and ...

Just a quick post to bring you some pictures of cute bunnies for Easter: And one for the guys... Happy Easter everyone.

I could try to sum this movie up in one sentence by saying that it’s “Elvis and JFK vs. an ancient Egyptian mummy in an old folks’ home”, b...

This movie title is sometimes shortened to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, or even just Buckaroo Banzai.   No matter what you call it, it...

This is Spinal Tap is a fake documentary about a British rock band’s ill-fated tour of the United States .   It is often credited with creat...

“Man, I don’t drop character ‘till I done the DVD commentary.” – Kirk Lazarus, Tropic Thunder Some of you may not care about the extras tha...

A while back artist Jenny Burrows did three posters for a student project.   She titled them “Historically Hardcore” and they were supposedl...

There aren’t too many seventy year old first-time novelists, but Alan Bradley is one of them.   In The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie he...

Mount Kineo from the Rockwood Boat Landing Mount Kineo is located on an island in Moosehead Lake in Maine .   It is about halfway up th...

After doing the movies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz together, Edgar Wright moved on to direct Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Simon Pegg ...

This movie was directed by Edgar Wright.   It stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.   Pegg and Wright co-wrote the movie. All three of these guy...

This movie was directed by Edgar Wright.   It stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.   Pegg and Wright co-wrote the movie. All three of these...

"Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, ...

Okay boys and girls.   Today’s word is anthropomorphism.   Can you say that?  “anthropomorphism”   Goooood!   I knew you could do it.   S...

In May of 1996 nine climbers from four different expeditions all died near the peak of Mount Everest when a freak storm caught them by sur...

Cobblestone bridge, Jordan Stream This post describes making a loop starting and ending at the Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Pa...

Sucker Punch was just released today.   I went to the opening then came back home to work on today’s blog posts.   These are my immediate im...

Here is what Watchmen is not – it is not a superhero movie.   If you are looking for another Spider-Man, or God help you, Fantastic Four, th...

300 is based on the graphic novel written and drawn by Frank Miller.   It is an imaginative telling of the true historical event where 300 S...

“This is Sparta !”   - King Leonidas, 300 This week’s set of related recommendations are movies directed by Zack Snyder.   You may not ...