Hackman's Musings

Blogs and social media were not around for me to write anything for Turning 30 but I just re-read Turning 40 from ten years ago... ...

I theorized in July that I might not have any reviews for August.  Moviepass was heading into a dark place at the end of last month.  It s...

There is this great scene in Star Trek- Into Darkness where Admiral Pike takes the Enterprise from a young Kirk. "You don't ...

I was reading an article about white teachers recently.  The author was listing various issues that are facing education as students become ...

Wow! Ten movies in the month of July.  Not a record, but respectable. Whether or not this level of moviegoing will continue remains to b...

Do you want freedom of religion? Then keep religion out of our governmental system. I am secular, but I would protect your religious fre...

A good number of people were surprised at the lack of feeling many Americans seemed to have regarding ripping children from their mother’s...

Summer is here!  So, I saw a fair number of movies this month.  Here are my grades- First Reformed:  D+ This story involves a priest w...

In America, some people of faith experience frustration because they believe religion is not allowed in our schools. This is because they ...

I wrote an  article back in 2012 about a conversation where I found myself defending the teachings of Jesus to a bunch of Christians.  I ...