The Boomer Magazine

– BY BILL OGLESBY –    TRIVIA: What movie that opened just last month at Richmond’s Willow Lawn Theater will go on to run for a record 86 weeks (more than a year and a half!) at the theater? (Answer at end of article.)   On TV tonight … The Munsters at 7:30 on Channel [...]

  6.2 miles of adrenaline, spirit, inspiration, music, costumes, competition, parties, cheering and personal achievement … not to mention 70,000 runners, walkers and fans  – BY TERRI L. JONES –  – PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF SPORTS BACKERS –    There’s enough energy at the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k to power the city. Music is pulsing, people are [...]

If you’ve met her, there’s a good chance my wife won’t know your face – BY RANDY FITZGERALD –    Some years ago Barb and I were invited to a party at a neighbor’s house during a summer when the neighborhood had been victimized by a series of home burglaries. When we arrived at the [...]

You already know the obvious romantic films – BY DANIEL NEMAN –    Sure, I could take the easy way out.  I could come to you with a list of the top 10 romantic movies to watch on Valentine’s Day, or whenever you want to snuggle with your best squeeze, and they could all be predictable, [...]

May as well do everything in retirement; we can rest when we die – RANDY FITZGERALD –    When I retired back in May, I got two excellent pieces of advice from a couple of really smart friends. One said that for the first six months after I retired, I should turn down everything that [...]

The new ’50 Greatest Films’ list mistakes confusion for profundity  – BY DANIEL NEMAN –      Vertigo? Seriously, Vertigo? The venerable Sight & Sound poll of the 50 best films of all time comes out just once every 10 years and represents the combined wisdom of hundreds of serious film scholars, critics and cinematic [...]

‘The Morning After’ was only a beginning – BY MELISSA RUGGIERI –    Maureen McGovern knows that “The Morning After” will always be her “Born to Run,” the song that identifies her existence to even the most casual music fan. Almost 40 years after the Oscar-winning song appeared in “The Poseidon Adventure,” she still receives letters [...]

Basketball team’s successes help lift the entire university – BY STEVE CLARK –      Time was – and not that long ago – countless Americans, including many college basketball fans, had no idea what the initials VCU meant. Imagine what some of those people might have guessed. Vegetarian Curmudgeons United? Very Cool Underwear? To illustrate [...]