kirbylee70-599-526179

I've been a movie fan since birth apparently. My parents cut out the top ten grossing movies list the week I was born and placed it in my baby book over 60 years ago.

I graduated from Ball State University with a major in Radio & Television and a minor in Motion Pictures. From there I managed a Loews Theater in Greenwood. Five years later I was part owner and manager of Popcorn Video, a video store in Decatur, IN.

While doing that I began writing a review column for the local newspaper, The Decatur Daily Democrat, hoping to answer the question I got most often: "What's worth watching?" The column began as Video Corner but with new technology became Digital Views. It still runs to this day, some 30 years later.

Some folks review movies based on artistic merit alone. I review them with that in mind but more on the things that people who have talked to me are interested in. That is "Was it entertaining or not?". When both that and artistic merit are combined it is truly a special film.

Some prefer to know what the story is about and I try to provide that. If that's not your thing to learn you won't enjoy what I write. I still attempt to provide as few spoilers as possible but there are times I miss that mark. I think we all do. So I hope you enjoy what you read and feel free to send me a message any time.