By Jim Willis on Oct 18, 2009 in Reviews, Stores | 5 Comments
My wife and I purchased a new Maytag washer and dryer from Best Buy in Vestal last week. This is the tale of my rather poor experience.
The opening of our local Best Buy was eagerly anticipated by yours truly after Circuit City went bust last year. The new store had been open all of two [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 31, 2008 in Reviews, Stores | 3 Comments
A new rant, and this time not related to politics! My advice to you, if you live in the Greater Binghamton area: Never, ever, under any circumstance use AT&T Wireless as your cell phone provider. Ever! My family and I have had a miserable experience over the past two years. Yes, I fell for the [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 16, 2007 in Movies, Reviews, Society & Culture | 2 Comments
Talk about adding insult to injury. I’ve just had a look at box office revenue figures for this weekend. The Golden Compass (see my previous thoughts on this movie) earned a paltry $9M in revenue, for a total take of $41M since opening two weeks ago.
By comparison, Alvin and the Chipmunks earned $45M–in its first [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 7, 2007 in Movies, Reviews, Society & Culture | 9 Comments
I suppose the headline lets you know what I think of The Golden Compass, out in theaters today. I would like to explain why. Before you prejudge me as “right-wing wacko fundamentalist Christian,” please hear me out.
A few prefatory comments before I explain my opposition to this movie. First, I am not in favor of [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 24, 2007 in Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment
If you want to see a very good, perhaps bordering on great, movie–go and see August Rush. I highly recommend it.
The title of the movie, like many movies, has nothing to do with its content. It is a modern-day fairy tale–the story of a young boy in an orphanage who is convinced that his parents [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 18, 2007 in Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment
It’s always a pleasant surprise to find out there’s a movie playing you can take the kids to see, and it’s playing at the Cinema Saver Theatre in Endicott (what we in our house affectionately call “The $2 Theatre”). The Cinema Saver shows second run movies at deep discounts, so it’s actually affordable to “chance” [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 17, 2007 in Music, Reviews | 2 Comments
My family and I had the pleasure of attending a Chris Rice concert at The Forum Theatre this past Thursday evening. Chris’ music is what many would call contemporary Christian music. He is an extremely gifted singer-songwriter. Some have compared him to James Taylor, a comparison which is not unwarranted. Chris writes songs that are [...]