When I was in high school, I pretty much saw every film that ever came out. Now while you might think that points to me being a reclusive shut-in (or shut-out, because I guess I was at least sitting in a movie theatre and not my own home), but I have an excuse. See, I was a teen movie critic, which is as oxymoronic a phrase as has ever existed. I wrote for the Kansas City Star‘s now-defunct TeenStar section, which was a great weekly outlet for teen writer’s in the KC metro area to have their work seen by thousands and thousands of readers. While most of the staff focused on actual journalistic pieces, my interests were a bit more shallow…BUT, by focusing on movie reviews over everything else, I managed to get into the paper almost every week. Thanks, Hollywood!