by Maggie Kruger It’s no secret that Great Britain doesn’t have the greatest reputation in Hollywood: it’s cold, wet, grey, and it’s peopled by buffoons, bad guys, and Hugh Grant. So I’m guessing you don’t…
by Sheri White In the Summer of 1981 (my favorite summer in my teen years), Kevin and I were on-again. However, my mom caught us making out on the porch one night and I wasn’t…
by Sheri White December of 1981 was a heady time for me. Kevin and I had been on-again since November, and he and I went to my school’s Christmas dance. This was my first semi-formal…
By Maggie Kruger The Prequels If, like me, you spent your childhood pretending to be Luke, Leia or Han, then Summer 1999 would have been a very dark time for you. Yeah, you know what…
by Sheri White In early Fall of 1982, Marybeth and I (and a few other friends) were working at a local amusement park called Wild World. What cooler place was there for a teenager to…
by Terry East (follow him on twitter @mutebullhorn) I received an e-mail from a friend that definitely caught me by surprise. It was news forwarded to him about the passing of Ray Dennis Steckler. Since…
By Maggie Kruger Toot your horns and sound your trumpets, it’s only the Oscars! As I live in the UK and have to be at work on a Monday morning, the chances of me staying…
by Sheri White If you’ve been reading my essays, you’d think that I only saw movies with boys when I was a teenager. Not so! One of my best friends, Marybeth, and I saw The…
by Sheri White I have a first-date story that can top many others’ first-date stories. I saw what was essentially a porn film with a guy named Mark. I did not do this on purpose;…
Joel here… Continuing with part 2 of our guest post from Senor Dayton Ward (you can read part 1 here), I think you’ll find the next five movies on his list just as interesting. And…