Confessions of a Not-So-Dangerous Mind*

The Summer 1998 Emmerich-Devlin actioner Godzilla opened May 20, 1998. Join me for a look back at this "event movie" which (for many) didn't live up to expectations.

OTD 1975: World Heavyweight 🥊 Champ Muhammad Ali rallies to stop Ron Lyle. Easily Ali's finest performance during his 70s title run, Lyle was a tremendous fighter, nearly knocking out Foreman in his …

Visionary filmmaker and creative genius George Lucas turned 81 on May 14. Join me for a look back at his life and career.

Impossible as this is for me to believe, I graduated from New York University 28 years ago today. Join me for a look back at the events surrounding that day, as well as its now-notorious keynote spea…

Yesterday marked 100 years since Yogi Berra was born. The winner of three MVP Awards and first ballot Hall of Famer, Yogi was one of the greatest catchers ever, helping his New York Yankees win 10 Wo…

One of the best sports movies ever made, Barry Levinson's adaptation of Bernard Malamad's 📖 The Natural opened on May 10, 1984.

The extraordinary Fred Astaire was born OTD 1899(!). The multi-talented dancer and actor left a legacy of greatness that has seldom been equaled.

OTD, 1991: Alek Keshishian's 💯 docu 'Madonna: Truth or Dare' opens. Following Madge through the Blond Ambition tour -- and promoting her and Warren Beatty's 🎥 Dick Tracy -- it's a fascinating look at…

OTD 1993: Dave opens. Kevin Kline dazzles as POTUS Bill Mitchell/CPA Dave Kovic and he's ably supported by Sigourney Weaver, Ving Rhames, Sir Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, the incomparable Charles Gr…

Generally regarded to be the most influential figure in the history of cinema, Orson Welles was born OTD 1915. Join me for a deep dive into his life and career.

The newest entry in our ongoing series The Great Movies is Lee Tamahori's fantastic 1997 adventure thriller, The Edge.

HBD in memory of Audrey Hepburn. The actress, fashion icon, and lifelong humanitarian was just 63 when Cancer took her. Today she would be 96.

Released May 2, 1997, Breakdown stands as one of the best action thrillers from a fantastic movie decade. Join me for a look back at arguably Kurt Russell's finest-ever performance.

OTD 1987: The Stephen King/George Romero collab Creepshow 2 opens in theaters. Oddly dismissed by audiences and critics of the day, it's gained a new generation of fans and is a far better film than …

Frequency is sci-fi. A serial killer thriller. With mystery elements. About the unbreakable bond between father and son. And Baseball. It's also a four-hankie weeper. And one of the most entertaining…

There was a time in my 20s in which I was sure of two things: I'd find success as a Hollywood screenwriter, but would have no social life whatsoever. What if fate took me down a different path? What …

OTD 1991: Toy Soldiers opens. Sean Astin dazzles as the whipsmart troublemaker who gives the "double middle-finger salute" to the gang of terrorists who hijack his school.

On Al Pacino's 85th birthday, a look back at that guiltiest of Guilty Pleasure Movies, 2005's beyond absurd "sports betting movie," Two for the Money.