Time Bandits (which may be my favorite movie of all time)

As far as I’m concerned, Time Bandits is Terry Gilliam’s best movie.
I like 12 Monkeys and Brazil.  Others have a soft spot for The Fisher King.  But it is Gilliam’s fantasy adventure satire comedy that I can watch over and over.
It perfectly combines Gilliam’s surreal visual style (which always creeped me out in his Monty [...]

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25 Songs I Blame My Sister-In-Law For Because She Brought Over Those Damn CD Compilations of Greatest Hits of the 70s and 80s (though secretly I like them)

I’m pretty predictable.  There are certain things that function as behavioral triggers for me.  You know — ring a bell leads to drooling.  That kind of thing.  So, whenever a song comes on the Ipod that’s, well, a tad bit out of sync with the rest of the playlist, I inevitably say to my wife, [...]

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Picture of meMichael Landweber writes fiction for adult, young adult and middle grade readers. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children. His stories have appeared in Pindeldyboz, Fourteen Hills, Barrelhouse, American Literary Review, Fugue among others. He is an Associate Editor at the Potomac Review and can also be found writing and blogging about TV, movies and other fun stuff at Pop Matters.

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