Evil Dead Rise (2023)
I decided to run 3 miles to see Evil Dead Rise in a 97-person theater Friday, April 28, at 11:25 am CT. Trailers I arrived 15 minutes late and still saw three trailers before the movie…
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)
I saw Guy Ritchie's The Covenant in a 141-person Dolby Cinema at AMC Theater on Monday, April 24th, at 8:00 CT. I decided to go at the last minute and was getting errors trying to get…
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
This was my first experience in an updated (to me) IMAX theater. However, before it left theaters, I wanted to see Avatar 2 again in 3D IMAX. So we sat in plush rockers, which were very…
Forty-One
I've made it to 41. On average, more than half of my life is over. The government gives me another 38 years, four less than if I was a female. After my tingles, I spent a…
Renfield (2023)
Mandy was still out of town, and thankfully on Fridays, they show films before 2 pm. So I decided to see Renfield Friday, April 21, @ 11:30 am in a 97-person theater. Trailers I arrived at…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
With Mandy out of town and one movie left for my AMC A-List week, I decided to treat the kids to a movie on a Thursday night. So we saw Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves…
Air (2023)
The A-List magic continued on Monday night for our second movie in two days. Mandy and I saw Matt Damon in Ben Affleck's Air in a 97-person theater on Monday, April 17, at 7:05 CT. Trailers…
The Self-Employment Tax
As a self-employed person, the one tax you can't run from is the self-employment tax. Your first $147,000 in wages and net earnings are taxed at 15.3%. This is separate from the income tax you also…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
My family saw The Super Mario Bros. Movie in a 141-person Dolby Cinema at AMC theater on Sunday, April 16th at 4:55 CT. My wife and I received AMC A-List memberships for my birthday, and this…
Baseball Is Back
Since the 2016 World Series, I have seen maybe two games at Wrigley Field. I had 34 years of Cubs losing, and I have been riding on a high ever since. F1 has slowly replaced baseball…