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Movie Reviews: Dracula (1979)
Dracula(1979)directed by John BadhamI am fascinated by how different people can pull wildly varying interpretations from the same material.  Despite what some originalists would tell you, complex...
View ArticleStiller and Meara: Hate
The actor and comedian Jerry Stiller recently passed away. I was familiar with him from his work on Seinfeld, King of Queens and some cameos or roles in films featuring his son, Ben Stiller. But one of...
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Movie Reviews: Bloodshot
Bloodshotdirected by David WilsonThis new film was unfortunately released right around the same time that Americans realized that the coronavirus pandemic made large gatherings in theaters a pretty bad...
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Rent is Due First of the Month!!
In a world where legislators and the Fed bend over backwards to leave no bank, large corporation, or wealthy person behind, lavishing government assistance and tax dollars on the Masters of the...
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Movie Reviews: Cast A Deadly Spell
Cast A Deadly Spelldirected by Martin CampbellCast A Deadly Spell is an older HBO movie that I decided to rewatch. It is a rare example of a film that mixes two different genres and mostly gets things...
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Movie Reviews: Gretel and Hansel
Gretel and Hanseldirected by Osgood PerkinsThe thing about folk tales is that they always mutate in response to the fears and concerns of the people retelling them. The reader or viewer may feel...
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Amy Cooper Tries To Get Police To Brutalize Black Man
We have rules in society about wearing masks, bagging your garbage, littering, leashing dogs, jaywalking, picking up after your dog, etc. People sometimes remind each other about violating these rules,...
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Movie Reviews: Ready Or Not
Ready Or Notdirected by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler GillettThis horror/dark comedy movie has a lot in common with a movie previously reviewed here, You're Next. Both films invoke some pretty common...
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Movie Reviews: The Invisible Man (2020)
The Invisible Mandirected by Leigh WhannellThis movie is a retelling/reboot of the original old Hollywood movie based on the H.G. Wells sci-fi story of the same name. It takes place in modern times.The...
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Police Brutality: Are There Any Solutions?
On May 25 George Floyd died in Minneapolis. Three police officers held down the handcuffed Black man while one police officer, Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes....
View ArticleWarren Police Arrest Amazon Driver For Parking The Wrong Way
It's apparently not safe to be a Black Amazon driver when there are cops in the vicinity. On Tuesday Warren police arrested an Amazon delivery driver - and witnesses say it was for parking the wrong...
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Book Reviews: 'Vaders
'Vadersby R. Patrick GatesBecause of the Covid-19 pandemic I was in the mood for reading some disaster stories. I chose this older book that for some reason I had never gotten around to reading. Well....
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Movie Reviews: The Wrong Man
The Wrong Mandirected by Alfred HitchcockThis film took a random case of mistaken identity and effectively demonstrated how it can snowball into something with major consequences. It's a film noir that...
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Movie Reviews: Marked Woman
Marked Womandirected by Lloyd BaconIt is always somewhat startling and sobering to realize that people you remember as aged and decrepit were young and vibrant once. Time waits for no one. We will all...
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Movie Reviews: The Wretched
The Wretcheddirected by Brett Pierce and Drew PierceThis is a new horror movie that simultaneously hearkens back to some favorite low budget cheesy 80s films but at the same time is inventive enough to...
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Defund the Police! Powerful Slogan or Horrible Mistake?
You may have heard of the slogan "Defund the police!" bubbling up from many of the people who are protesting the scourge of police brutality and misconduct.Some people whose opinions I respect said...
View ArticleBlack Cowboys
I thought that this was an interesting and useful video/article.It's important to remember that there are a number of different ways to be Black.Cowboys are among the most iconic figures of the...
View ArticleMusic Reviews: Long Distance Call
One common blues theme is infidelity. If you're working all day, working in a different city or state, or are otherwise away from home for weeks or months at a time you may come to have some concerns...
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Movie Reviews: The Gentlemen
The Gentlemendirected by Guy RitchieGuy Ritchie is a predictable writer and director, particularly when he's examining the milieu in which he made his name, the British underworld. Depending on how...
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Movie Reviews: The Hunt
The Huntdirected by Craig ZobelThis is another film that (a) had a female lead and (b) had its debut delayed and possibly ruined by the emergence of the coronovirus pandemic and (c) was seized upon by...
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