Mario Kart will always hold a real special place in my heart. Yes, I know everybody and their grandma loves playing the best racing series ever created, but for me, it means just a little bit more. Mario Kart: Double Dash was Jason’s very first video game. I don’t remember how old he was, but it must’ve been like three or four years old. We were at my sister-in-law’s house and everybody was playing, including …
Anthony Mackie doesn’t miss a beat. The New Orleans-born actor who soars to life as The Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, happily walks in to a room of 20+ mommy bloggers, ready for another interview session. He glances at the crowd, points at one of the few men present and says, “That is one ugly mom. [LAUGHS] How you guys doing? Sorry, you’re a hot chick, I’m sorry.” Mackie is definitely one lively …
One of my wife’s favorite channels is Animal Planet. She could probably sit for days watching animal show after animal show and never get bored. Me? I’ll enjoy the occasionally documentary, but if it’s not a more cinematic-type story, I’ll lose interest pretty quickly. That’s why, I have to say, that Fox’s Walking With Dinosaurs the Movie is the perfect compromise for us. While at face value, this is a movie with a definite story …
Most brothers grow up playing superheroes in their basement. The action figures, the secret headquarters and all those classic fight scenes. Joe and Anthony Russo go one better. They get to play with real superheroes. The tag-team directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier have the best toy box in the entire universe. Captain America. Black Widow. The Falcon. Nick Fury. With toys like these, who needs a PlayStation? The Russo Brothers made a name …
I was digging through Jason’s closet the other day looking at all his shirts and stopped and smiled. At one of his kid birthday parties years ago (he was probably 5?), we held it at a fun ice cream parlor party place. As a remembrance of the day, Jason got to take home a T-shirt with all the kids’ names and hand prints on it. The shirt was huuuge on him then, but now it’s …
