Year at the Movies

<p>For some of us moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession and he did it for you.</p><p>Mr. Murphy known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series <em>Mystery Science Theater 3000 </em> went to the movies every day for a year. That's <em>every single day </em> people. For a <em>whole fricken' year.</em> And not only did he endure he prevailed -- for this is the hilarious poignant fascinating journal of his adventures: the first book about the movies from the <em>audience's</em> point of view.</p><p>Kevin went to the multiplex sure. But he didn't stop there. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Tooled across the desert from drive-in to drive-in in a groovy convertible. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Took six different women to the same date movie. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along <em>Sound of Music</em> in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films from the Arctic Circle to the Equator from the sublime to the unspeakable. Come along on a joyous global celebration of the cinema with a man on a mission -- to spend <em>A Year at the Movies.</em></p>