Need to get back in the groove...

1:05 PM The Parent Trap on Cinemax
I actually like this movie, despie the Lohan factor. But since it also features the late Natasha Richardson, I figured I would give it a look. Very sad to see her go. Click...

1:17 PM Beverly Hills Cop on Comedy Central
Eddie Murphy's finest performance. This is actually one of my favorite scenes, where he takes Taggart and Rosewood to the strip cub and ends up stopping a robbery. Phillip! Hey man, what's happenin Phil? Classic. Click...

I'm Baaaaaaaaaack

After two years, its time to get this puppy rollin again. All new Movies in the Middle updates will start this week. Check your local listings. Click...

Saturday Night Fever....No seriously I'm sick

September 22, 2007: I've been sick for days. Which is good and bad. The bad news is that I feel like Britney Spears' liver after a 24-hour bender. The good news is that there are a ton of movies on all night long, so at least I can be entertained while I puke my guts out.

6:58 PM Saving Private Ryan on TNT
Say what you will about war, but they look really cool on a 50" flat screen. I switched on just as Giovanni Ribisi's character eats it. The blood and guts look real, which in my current state of ail, is not the best visual. Click...

7:09 PM Beer League on Comedy Central
I am a huge Howard Stern fan, so I thought I'd give Artie Lange's movie a look-see. But unlike the Stern Show which has porn stars and midgets, this is just a bunch of drunk dudes playing softball. And because its early, Comedy Central bleeped out every curse word, which made it seem like I was watching The Miracle Worker. Click...

7:29 PM X-Men: The Last Stand on HBO-Family
First off, how the hell is this ultra-violent flick on HBO Family? Do they mean the Manson family? Anyways, I digress. Here's my take on superheroes. The mutants in X-Men kick ass. They fly, blow up stuff and use their powers all the time, unlike those losers on Heroes, who hide their powers like O.J.'s looking for them. Lucky for me I have the power to change channels. Click...

8:17 PM Serendipity on TBS
Let's see, John Cusack. Awesome. Kate Beckinsale. Awesomer. Geez, Kate is cute. I may watch this one for a....oh wait, her scene's over. Click....

8:21 PM Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen on ABC Family
Lindsay Lohan is a train wreck. She's starting to make Courtney Love look sane. Click....

9:31 PM The Last Boy Scout on HBO
Back from dinner. Now we're talkin. This is a quintessential Movie in the Middle, but I am actually starting at the beginning of this one. Why? Because the first scene is ridiculous. A running back takes the handoff, and as he's runs down field he starts shooting opposing players with a gun. Then after he scores a touchdown he kills himself. Who needs Raiders of the Lost Ark? This is hands down, the most spectacular open to a film ever. I'm spent.....

Welcome to Movies in the Middle

The remote control in mine. In fact, I had it written into my marriage vows.

"Do you, Fred, promise to love and cherish Lynn from this day forward and to never relinquish the remote control?" I DO!

There are many things that irritate my wife, but my incessant channel changing drives her mad. It's not my fault. It's in our DNA. For men, the remote control is exactly that -- control. It is the one thing that we are always the master of. Your boss is a dick? So what, the remote control will do whatever you say. Stuck in the same lane of traffic for two hours? You can change the channel 50 times in a minute if you want. The woman next to you in line won't stop talking? The remote can mute things.

My favorite pastime, and subsequently my wife's least favorite, is watching movies. But not watching an entire movie, just pieces of it. I mean, you can't watch every flick from the very beginning can you? DirecTV has hundreds of channels, meaning that at any moment there is a classic movie on somewhere. So, I flip around and find a movie (or movies) I want to watch, and viola! It doesn't matter if I've seen it 20 times, or even that I just watched it the previous night, I will watch it again and again. Then I will change the channel and start all over again. Thus, Movies in the Middle.

There is no real explanation for it. Dr. Phil has no clue. It like shopping for you ladies. Why must you buy another long-sleeved white t-shirt when you have 11 more at home? You just do. So, I must watch Uncle Buck make gigantic pancakes, then watch Andy Dufresne escape from Shawshank prison and finish it off with Clark Grizwold punching Marty Moose in the nose. Ahh, pure bliss.

So, I will keep track of the Movies in the Middle that I have watched and maybe will inspire a new generation of men to be masters of the art. Keep on clickin!