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We were recently stuck on an unfamiliar block in a bit of a jam, and we desperately needed to find a phone booth. After searching for nearly 20 minutes we gave up: we were already soaking wet. We didn’t actually need to call anyone, but as far as shelters in a downpour go, phone booths [...]

Today, November 3rd, is National Sandwich Day, because it’s the birthday of the man who created the food item, John Montagu (1718-1792), the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (seriously). Supposedly, Montagu invented the food during a marathon 24-hour gambling session during which he wanted to be able to eat with only one hand. The solution he [...]

Our ongoing obsession with short animated films takes up more of our time on a daily basis then we’ll admit here, but on balance we think it’s worth it. Not unlike the relationship between short stories and novels, short films offer a no less wide open field of possibilities on which creators have limitless possibilities [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed the conspicuously crowded skies since March 28, we’re at the mid-point of National Kite Month (which lasts through May 3). While you grapple futilely to contain your excitement at this news, may we suggest that before you join the thronging windward crowds of fair-weather flight fanatics you seek inspiration from [...]

Around the time we turned 16, buses went from being the preferred mode of transportation to being a surefire ticket to social outcasting and ridicule within the space of about six months. Everybody had turned 16 and suddenly were driving each other to school. Maybe tha’s why we’re such vehement believers in public transportation.
At any [...]

Unlike movie births – which tend to not inspire particularly iconic one-liners – movie deaths are among the most memorable of cinematic happenings. Maybe it’s because so many action films end with a spectacular death, maybe it’s because cinema is our collective fantasy life and all our repressed desires for death and destruction come out [...]

Often times, horror movie posters turn out to be better than the films they’re selling. While we’re just as ready as the next folks to admit that some of our all-time favorites come from the horror section, it seems fair to say that the vast majority are very poor. That’s certainly what struck us while [...]