Lifting the Curtain.

When I was a little kid I used to think about how it was physically possible for a film to be made. I thought maybe it was shot in real time and that everything on screen was occurring simultaneously and filmed in one swift motion to create the complete motion picture. Crazy, yes, but I was a kid, and what did I know?

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Perfect 10.

Ok, that title might be misleading. How else am I supposed to get you to read this?

Here’s a fun time waster…an epic showdown of movies in which you have no choice (a lie) but to select which one you like better and your list of favorite movies is automatically formulated. It’s addictive, and sometimes harder than you think. How are you supposed to respond when it asks you which movie is better, The Shawshank Redemption or The Matrix?