Posts By HiT Guest Contributor

I am the son of a college statistics professor and a writer, and I was raised in a house that cherished reading and film along with college football.

My first real …
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What’s the one time of the year you don’t want the beaches to be closed?

The July 4th holiday, right? What better time to release a podcast about the movie …
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Some dramas centered on multi-generational women might focus on traditionally female roles like gardening, cooking or sewing.

“Cold November” zeroes in on the tradition of hunting.

The film introduces a …
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“Don’t bring your asthma, or your fake peanut allergies into my dojo,” William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence tells a student during his first lesson in “Cobra Kai.”

“Uh, those are serious …
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Once upon a time, I wanted to change the world.

True to Tolstoy’s assertation, I wanted to change the world, but I didn’t think of changing myself. In my boundless …
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The idea for writing a story about films shot in Colorado occurred to me many years ago on a visit to Ouray, Colo.

While having a drink at Outlaw Restaurant, …
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Violence in video games has been a hot-button topic as far back as I can remember.

In the aftermath of 1999’s Columbine High School shooting, I recall quite a few discussions …
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One of my formative experiences with bourbon came around a campfire in rural Georgia.

My friends and I had a polished off a rather large bottle of Jim Beam as …
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I was attending a Christmas party over the holidays and, in the course of conversation, made the following statement:

“I can’t watch very many war movies anymore.”

My sister in-law, …
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We were on patrol in Ganjagal Valley in Afghanistan when our interpreter signaled a halt.

He leaned toward his radio. We’d been spotted, he said. The Taliban was coordinating an …
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