The fall of 1992 would be the beginning of a franchise that included multiple sequels, a tv spin-off and NHL expansion team named after a fictional youth hockey squad whose origins can be directly traced back to its head coach getting wasted and playing drunken slalom through the twin-cities during a snowstorm. The DUI and … Continue reading Mighty Ducks: The Redemption of Gordon Bombay
On the days it rained in the summer my brothers and I would turn to the VCR and the few movies we had on VHS, all watched countless times but still entertaining to us and annoying as hell to our parents. The saga of Hook was one of these films that is still even now … Continue reading Hook: A Sturt-Brother Summer Classic
“Soon I hope to take you on a Caribbean cruise, where we can hold hands on a soft summers evening and watch that old Jamaican moon. Why that old Jamaican will be mooning us, I have no idea.”- -John Turturro, Brain Donors These were the movies that had my brothers and I clicking rewind constantly, … Continue reading Fool’s Gems
“I’m sorry. It’s just that I didn’t want you guys to think I was stuffy. You know, no fun. All brain no penis.” -Val Kilmer, Real Genius. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away from when Sheldon Cooper and Co would roam the Cal Tech campus existed a character admired and imitated … Continue reading Real Genius
My senior year of college is when my love affair with tomatoes, basil, mozzarella and wine began. I was dating a girl that was one hundred percent, ancestors straight off the boat, Italian-Catholic. During the couple of years I was in the picture, my exposure to all things Italian resulted in me gaining fifteen pounds … Continue reading Sundays with Soprano
The debate concerning best holiday movie is a fierce one in this country. What film best fits the holiday season varies family to family around the United States. For us it was the classics. Griswold and the shitter being full, Ralphie and his repressed rage being released on Scott Farkus, Kevin and Uncle Frank’s cool-jerk. … Continue reading Titanic: A Holiday Sturt-Brother Tradition
The quintessential 80’s movie with extra macho-cheese, this epically well casted thrill ride was riddled with life lessons that are still applicable today. The elite Naval Fighter Weapons School has upgraded technology and fighters, but the attitudes and characteristics of the men who attend have not changed. This will always be a top 5 movie … Continue reading All I Really Needed To Know I Learned Watching Top Gun
These are all well made films, but the music is what made them timeless. Songs make scenes and vice-versus, here are some of the best.—boone sturt. (Angus): A movie all parents should show kids as a prerequisite for high school. With an Oscar award winning cast in the most relatable tale of teen angst … Continue reading Soundtracks That Made Movies
The Modern Renaissance Man 