Requisite Introduction

During the course of a given week, I’m pretty sure that I watch more movies than the average person--at least the average person whose livelihood doesn’t directly or even indirectly involve some aspect of the film business. This blog is to help me keep better track of time misspent on this activity.  I’ll be including the name of each film, its director(s) and year of release in the U.S. (courtesy of IMDB or elsewhere), the date I watched it, and, of course, a personal reflection or two.

I’m quite aware that spending many hours in front of a screen in no way uniquely qualifies me to make comments of any consequence.  Also, with so many prolific and eloquent Internet reviewers already deftly summarizing, artfully analyzing, and judiciously evaluating every film that I’m ever likely to see, there’s no really good reason for me to think that I can add much—especially if my goal were strictly to further elucidate the material in view.

Fortunately, it's not.  This blog is writ largely for me, though having asserted that up front, I'm aware that there's a small chance of an errant searcher or two  serendipitously stumbling upon the site, just as you probably did.  In any event, I’m delighted that you're here and that you've presumably been able to maintain some sense of balance.  If you're particularly piqued by something you read, or if you otherwise feel compelled to provide commentary, criticism, corrections or kudos, by all means, please feel free to do that.  In the meantime, I’ll keep on watching and writing.