The Bearded Trio

I MISS GOING TO THE THEATER The year of 2020 has taken a lot away from us. For some, it's been the ultimate loss, the loss of loved ones to the evil that is COVID-19. Other losses are more cosmetic or comfort losses.  Perhaps the most "comfort" loss I have felt has been the loss of going to the theater during peak movie season in the summer. In saying this, I am keeping the perspective that the virus has impacted hundreds of thousands of people across the country and the world at a deep level. I do not mean to equate my loss of not going to a theater with those who have lost loved ones. They don't compare. But this is a website that deals with films we love and the people who make them, so in that spirit... I miss going to the theater. Like so many of you, my first exposure to a movie theater came in that summer of 1977 when Star Wars: A New Hope moved its way into our consciousness. Four-year-old me was enveloped in darkness, the constantly flashing images on the scr...