It’s Independence Day in the United States of America, so patriotism is in the air. In case you feel that the urge to be patriotic conflicts with your usual urge to be geeky, we’re here to help.
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During the first week of June in 1975, a giant great white shark terrorized the inhabitants of Amity Island and movie goers everywhere. I know I was scared to jump into a pool as a kid without checking for loose sharks in the water, thanks to the movie ‘Jaws.’ To celebrate this milestone, we gave away some awesome apparel courtesy of our friends at TVStoreOnline.com!
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During the first week of June in 1975, a giant great white shark terrorized the inhabitants of Amity Island and movie goers everywhere. I know I was scared to jump into a pool as a kid without checking for lose sharks in the water, thanks to the movie ‘Jaws.’
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Ultimate fan movie documentary maker Jamie Benning is back with his latest “filmumentary.” After successfully inventing a new genre with his feature-length documentaries for George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy, and then following them up with one on Lucas and Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, he’s now chosen another Spielberg movie for his next project.
Continue ReadingA Matter of Time: The Unauthorized Back to the Future Lexicon encompasses not only the trilogy of movies, but the Disney World ride, animated series, comics, card game, video games, and novels, In this book, Rich Handley has compiled a 291-page lexicon wrapped in lovely drawings by Pat Carbajal and a few personal anecdotes from someone for whom BttF is clearly personal.
Continue ReadingZoo Toss – $.99 (iPhone only) In Zoo Toss, you have to feed the zoo animals by flicking food to them from a conveyor belt as it passes by. You’ve got to be quick, but you also have to aim …
Continue ReadingIn the winter of 1973, the citizens of Martha’s Vineyard learned that Hollywood was coming to town. Set designers and scouts descended on the vacation spot to begin finding locations to film a movie based on a book that Peter …
Continue ReadingMy husband and I very rarely go to the movies. It has nothing to do with having a two year old, we went infrequently before we became parents. Something about the over-priced candy, $8-10 tickets and the odds of being disapointed, keep us away. Sure we’ll go for a good DC flick, Star Wars prequel, […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a while since we did a proper YLOKWW post, and this isn’t really going to be one. I am however going to admit something slightly geeky that may also get me a “bad dad” award somewhere: by the …
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to find a good audiobook for long car trips, something that both kids and adults can stand to listen to. One trick I’ve found is to scan the non-fiction adult aisles of our library for a topic that’s …
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