Robert W. Butler
bbutler@kcstar.com

Here's the truth about my job as a professional movie critic: It's the most fun I can have and still earn a living.

That simplifying things -- but not too much. I do genuinely love watching movies. Always have.

As a kid I usually responded to an announcement that we were going to the movies by throwing up. It was the pure rush of excitement and anticipation that did it.

I've grown out of he throwing up part, but I'm still excited by the prospect of a good movie.