Movies & TV

Little-known facts and behind-the-scenes info about popular movies and TV shows. We watch movies a LOT! Our favorites are true stories, reality TV, comedy, and drama / suspense movies. These are some of the most interesting things we’ve learned about random movies. Enjoy!

A brief rant about national advertisers and the untimeliness of the TV commercials they're running lately. Hint: It's not the holidays anymore!...

Questions I have about talk show hosts Kelly Rippa, Regis Philbin, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Larry King, Oprah, Steve Wilkos, Dr. Phil, Donny Deutsch, Leo Laporte.

The movie is based on the book'Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile. Tom Hanks plays a U.S. Congressman from Texas who earned himself the nickname Good Time Charlie.

I'm a sucker for fact-based movies. The phrase 'based on a true story' will get me to the movie theater every time! Some true stories that are my favorites...

After I see a fact-based movie like American Gangster, I find out I can about the REAL characters the movie is based on. What I learned about Frank Superfly Lucas, a drug lord of the 1970's and 80's.

Doritos is seeking an undiscovered music artist to perform for a Doritos commercial, as part of their annual Superbowl contest. Winner gets their song on TV & a record deal.

If you want to keep your movie PG-13, you can only have 1 F-bomb in it. Any more than that, and they give it an R rating. Precede your F-word with 'mother' and you get an R rating!

The Momix dancers may not be the same as the Jello dancers, but they're the new Hanes dancers! Check out the Hanes commercial featuring the Momix Dance Company.

We enjoyed Quentin Tarantino's double-feature, Grindhouse. 'Death Proof' was better than 'Panet Terror' but both were fun to watch because they'e so different from movies you see in the theater.