About Man, I Love Films

Kaiderman: Co-founderKai Parker is obviously a big deal. This is proven by the fact that his name is at the top of this page. Kai is best known for his awesome list-making skills, his unhealthy love of the film Road House and his favorite topic: KAI! He is one of the site’s main contributors and the host of the MILFcast.

Kai’s Top 5: Fight Club, The Matrix, Star Wars, Dawn of the Dead and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Dylan: Co-founderDylan Fields lets Kai think he’s a big deal by having his name at the top of this page, but we all know who really runs the show. He is one of the site’s main contributors, and is known as the man behind Blog Cabins (now defunct in favor of Man, I Love Films), the founder of the Large Association of Movie Blogs, and the main host of the LAMBcast.

Dylan’s Top 5: Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fletch and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Justin: Lead ContributorJustin Gott is a man with a plan. Unfortunately, that plan is written in a language he doesn’t understand… so he continues to seek out knowledge in as many ways possible to figure it all out. He talks as fast as Nick Naylor, drives like Dominic Toretto, and kicks ass like Frank Martin. And only two of those are made up. Oh, and he is the number one fan of the one and only Tom Cruise. Don’t hate. Appreciate. Justin will be adding his takes to movie news from around the web and writing reviews on the new releases he actually gets to see.

Justin’s Top 5: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Adaptation., Jurassic Park, Ratatouille, and Training Day.

Sebastian: ContributorNothing phases Sebastian Gutierrez. This college student moved across the country to attend Bard, then spent his freshman year doing everything under the sun, from learning French to writing and acting in plays to obsessing over JoGo and Muse, and oh yeah, he runs his own blog, too. Sebastian hosts the Cinematic Captions game for Man, I Love Films.

Sebastian’s Top 5: The Godfather, 28 Days Later…, Se7en, WALL-E , and The Dark Knight.

Sebastian’s blog, Films From the Supermassive Black hole, can be found here.

Wayne: ContributorIn the blogosphere, Wayne Howard is better known by the handle Reel Whore because he’s cinema’s bitch and proud of it. No matter how badly he may gripe about the latest lame rom-com, kiddie crap, or over-sequeled actioner, it doesn’t take much persuading for him to watch it. Wayne isn’t much of a fan of Top 5 lists, you barely break a sweat with five; it’s gotta be seven, man! Tack on Die Hard and Old School to the list below. Wayne will be contributing Vault Reviews to Man, I Love Films.

Wayne’s Top 5: Ghostbusters, The Big Lebowski, Robocop, The Fifth Element and The Good The Bad and the Ugly.

Wayne’s blog, Reel Whore, can be found here.

Heather: ContributorHeather Baxendale is better known in the blogsphere as certifiably insane, this title deemed by one of the two narcissists that run this damn website. She’s been the matriarch of Movie Mobsters for several years, but decided to finally get in the kitchen and start working for some men instead. She is Kai’s less than focused co-host on the MILFcast. Straight jackets were created for this drool-cup wearing, list-writing freak of the movie world. Heather will be contributing lists and other funsies to Man, I Love Films, along with continuing her co-hosting duties with Kai mutha truckin’ Parker.

Heather’s Top 5: Lord of the Rings, Terminator 2, Star Wars, Se7en, and Aliens.

Lauren: ContributorLauren Humphries-Brooks has a long name and a bunch of degrees in Cinema Studies, Creative Writing and English Literature, all of which have adequately prepared her for a life of extreme laziness. Lauren spends her off-hours obsessing over old movies, new movies, long books and Englishmen, not always in that order. She thinks Alfred Hitchcock is the greatest filmmaker in the history of the universe and will arm wrestle anyone who says otherwise. She wanted to be the paleontologist leader of a motorcycle gang, but supposes that film blogger will have to do. Lauren delivers fresh editorials every Tuesday, along with Pat.

Lauren’s Top 5: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Lady Vanishes, Ghostbusters, A Night at the Opera and The Fearless Vampire Killers.

Lauren’s additional movie and non-movie musings can be found here.

Thaddeus: ContributorThaddeus Zwolfe loves being a lawyer, and he loves being a photographer, but he never stops writing. An idealistic, pan-ethnic New Yorker, he’s always quick with a smile, joke, or inane bit of trivia. Turn-ons include boots, music, socialized medicine… Thaddeus is the independent film delegate for Man, I Love Films, helping to promote and review truly independent filmmakers and their films from across the globe.

Thaddeus’ Top 5: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Pan’s Labyrinth, and The Big Sleep.

Thaddeus’ personal blog, Net-flixation, can be found here.

Robert: ContributorRobert Gannon is a writer and a music director from NJ. His favorite style is film criticism, specifically writing about lesser-known and often ignored horror movies from all around the world. Robert runs the media criticism site Sketchy Details and will be stepping in as the host of Horror Thursday at Man, I Love Films.

Robert’s Top 5: Rosemary’s Baby, Jezebel, Gin gwai (The Eye), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, and My Fair Lady.

Robert’s site, Sketchy Details, can be found here.

David: ContributorDavid is a primary school teacher who tries his best to turn every math lesson into a discussion on the latest Pixar film. He loves movies so crap they’re good – hello anything starring Anna Faris – but his real passion is for superheroes, zombies and Studio Ghibli. His weekly feature Film School Friday will attempt to educate readers with all the useless advice that cinema has given us over the years. In between writing FSF, moving to South Korea and eating his body weight in Cadbury’s chocolate, he’ll also try to find time to contribute reviews for the latest films.

David’s Top 5: Halloween, The Lion King, Tarnation, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and X-Men 2.

David’s film and music blog, Be Careful! Your Hand!, can be found here.

Todd: ContributorTodd’s interest in films first exploded with the VHS boom of the 80’s. Ever since then, he spends as much of his free-time as he can watching movies. But life is busy and movie theaters are expensive, so he rarely gets to the theater anymore. So, it’s a good thing he loves spending time with older movies, especially those that have fallen off the radar. He also loves introducing his two kids to the classics. After all, good dads watch Godzilla with their children. Todd will be writing Vintage Vault reviews for Man, I Love Films.

Todd’s Top Five: The Empire Strikes Back, The Wizard of Oz, Dr. Strangelove, Raising Arizona, and Tombstone.

Todd delves into the past and unearths gems (and duds alike) at Forgotten Films, which can be found here.

Pete: ContributorPete Conway is an exceptional thinker with the most exquisite taste in movies you’re likely to ever come across. By reading his writing, similar to how zombies eat your brains for knowledge, you’re likely to increase your own brain’s capacity for film learning by at least ten fold! He’s basically a walking, talking, typing film school…you know, minus the credentials necessary to issue you a degree (but feel free to compensate him as such!). Clearly, his best quality is his modesty.

Pete’s Top Five: Fargo, Lawrence of Arabia, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Apocalypse Now, The Wild Bunch.

Emily: ContributorEmily loves books more than movies. Oops, scratch that. Wrong website. More than anything, in movies, books, and just about everything else, Emily loves a good character. True to some of her favorite characters, like George Bailey, she believes the 3 most exciting sounds in the world are anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles. Like Hildy Johnson, she loves fast moving snark talk. And like Beatrix Kiddo, she also learned the 5 point palm exploding heart technique from Pei Mei.

Emily’s Top Five: It’s a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, His Girl Friday, Coraline, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid .

Steve: Musical DirectorSteve Bush is a musician and song writer who currently produces the music to the Man, I Love Films Podcast. In addition to producing jingles for the Petros and Money show on Fox Sports Radio and the music to the Yokal Sports Sports Report in Minneapolis, Steve performs in numerous bands across the southern California area (The Bill Shakespeares, Mike B and the Universe, formerly C24C).

Steve’s Top 5: The Usual Suspects, JAWS, Saving Private Ryan, Die Hard, and Predator.

Shirley: “Editor-in-Chief”Shirley is the loving wife of Kai who puts up with his ridiculous love of comic books, movie posters, and little plastic men, aka action figures. She lives up to her title by proofreading Kai’s posts.

Shirley’s Top 5: Never Been Kissed, The Royal Tenenbaums, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Mermaids, and Parenthood.