Our happy thoughts drifted away like the final title of the film as the Russo Brothers served up an epic beginning to the culmination of 10 years of films… OK, …
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Thor Ragnarok
It’s no wonder this film in the Avengers franchise ranks as one of the fan favorites. It’s when we finally get some human personality to Thor, witness the internal battle …
Spider-Man: Homecoming
When the original movie-Batman/Beetlejuice is your date’s dad, you’d better have some tricks (and possible webbing) up your sleeve. Even though this is the third unique Spider-man attempt we’ve seen …
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
This one’s for the dads, or sons, or both. But also sisters. Heck, it’s all about family and how dysfunctional we can be, whether or not we have spaceships or …
Empathy is Everything
As much as each of us enjoys feeling right, where does that get us if we never tap into what others experience? By practicing and perfecting empathy, you will be a smarter and stronger person than you were before.
How to Use Facebook’s Messenger Kids
My intent as a parent is to balance my support of the kids’ use of technology with a healthy dose of trembling awe. So it was with no small amount of hesitation that I finally ushered us into the realm of Messenger Kids by Facebook.
Doctor Strange
Enter the mystical arts as Steven Strange’s origin story is added to the Avengers timeline. This is still one of our daughter’s favorite movies, due in large part to the …
Captain America: Civil War
Ant-Man
Size matters not, especially when you’re saving the world from chaos and a slightly-crazed dude in a nice suit. Scott Lang puts his cat burglar smarts and skills to use …
Empathy By Way of Handicap Ramps
Through all of this, I’ve experienced an existence which I had only before observed. Sure, I’ve moved out of the way on the bus for a person in a wheelchair or with a cane, or I’ve offered to hold a door open longer to help them pass through. But seeing and knowing are not the same thing.