THB #1: Greetings... and Box Office Monday

In August of 1997, I started the first online column about the movie business. It was called The Hot Button. Back then, there were no additional pages beyond the “front page.” I had no more than 400 words available to write each day. And it was, looking back, shockingly nasty at times.

24 years later, I have been through a lot more adventures, high and …