Taking Fans Behind the Scenes in ‘Best Worst Movie’

Best Worst Movie (Michael Stephenson, 2009) opens with an extended sequence about the life of affable dentist George Hardy. Everyone likes him, he enjoys his job, and even his ex-wife likes him. Then, right around the five-minute run-time mark, we hear the key question posed to his mother: “What do you think of your son’s…

‘Dear Mr. Watterson’ is a Fan’s Journey about the Awesome Comic Strip

As a fan of Calvin and Hobbes, I anticipated watching Dear Mr. Watterson(2013) for several reasons: to learn more about the strip, to learn more about comics overall, and, mostly, to hear something from Mr. Watterson himself. Well, two out of three ain’t bad. Dear Mr. Watterson is one fan’s exploration of the phenomenon that is…