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Movie Reviews: Becky
Beckydirected by Jonathan Milott and Cary MurnionIn the mid seventies this would have been the sort of movie that might have had Jodie Foster as its star. Children should not watch this film. That...
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Movie Reviews: The Quarry
The Quarrydirected by Scott TeemsThis movie teams up two very good character actors who have occasionally ventured into leading man territory. Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham have often worked...
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My Name Is Phuc Bui!
If you encounter a name that is difficult for you to pronounce the polite thing to do is to ask the person for the correct pronunciation and use it going forward. It is disrespectful to continually...
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Movie Reviews: A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
A Good Woman Is Hard To Finddirected by Abner PastollThis is yet another entry in the "slight woman is underestimated by everyone and takes bloody revenge" genre so if that theme leaves you cold then...
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Donald Trump and Chuck Woolery are Evil Stupid People!
/sarcasm onI don’t know about everyone else but whenever I encounter a strange new easily transmitted deadly virus for which there is no cure or vaccine I ALWAYS check with game show hosts, not doctors...
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Detroit Starter's Bar and Grill: Wear a mask!!
How often do you go out to eat? I used to do so at least once every two weeks or so. But with the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine orders I stopped doing that. Living is more important...
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Aurora Colorado Police Kill Elijah McClain And Make Jokes
So many Black men and boys are accosted, harassed, assaulted, and murdered by their local police departments that it's difficult to keep up with the numbers and stories. Somehow Black men and boys lack...
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Movie Reviews: The Loft
The Loftdirected by Eric Van Looy"If you don't like my loving woman, you sure don't have to stall/Cause I can get more pretty women than a passenger train can haul!"This older film is an English...
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Michigan Woman Sets SUV On Fire
Apparently some women have been watching Waiting to Exhale too many times without understanding that (a) setting someone's vehicle or other possessions on fire to express your disappointment with them...
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Michigan Beekeeper Explains His Work
It is strange how so much of what we consider clean or unclean is based on often arbitrary cultural standards. I don't eat honey as often as I used to do. But that has nothing to do with its origin as...
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Movie Reviews: Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Diedirected by William KeighleyThis was a 1939 crime movie that shades over into film noir territory. It featured superstars James Cagney and George Raft. Raft was the boyhood friend of...
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Run with the Buffalo!!!
Bison and buffalo are actually different animals. I suppose if you are a zoology expert and got very close to a male bison in say Yellowstone National Park you could probably point out all the minor...
View ArticleRepresentative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Ted Yoho's Insult
Bullies usually prefer to pick on people they think won't fight back. As a male bully, if you get too far out of pocket with another man, there is always the possibility that the man will take things...
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Movie Reviews: Lights Out
Lights Outdirected by David F. SandbergThis 2016 movie is one that showed that horror films can be simultaneously inventive and traditional. It was the director's debut. Lights Out shares its title...
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America's COVID-19 Response Under Trump
It helps to get peer feedback on your actions. Other people can let you know if your actions and decisions actually make sense to them. If these people are doing worse than you are, you might not care...
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DJ Fluker Victim of Domestic Violence from Girlfriend Kimberly Davis
Baltimore Ravens lineman DJ Fluker is 6'5" and well over 325 lbs. As a professional football player he performs in a sport of unrelenting aggression which may take years off his life and/or leave him...
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Movie Reviews: The Hunted (1948)
The Hunted (1948)directed by Jack BernhardThis is a workmanlike noir movie. It hits most of the major noir themes, alienation, loneliness, untrustworthy femme fatales, uncaring or corrupt officials and...
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Movie Reviews: The Rental
The Rentaldirected by Dave FrancoThe Rental is Dave Franco's directorial debut. Franco wrote it with director/actor Joe Swanberg (The Sacrament, You're Next).It is inspired in part by some dodgy...
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Movie Reviews: The Big Town
The Big Towndirected by Ben BoltThis 1987 neo-noir film wasn't earth shattering in terms of story, acting, or direction. The viewer can call out most of the twists and turns ahead of time. I still...
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Hagia Sophia Becomes A Mosque
Something that remains near constant across time and cultures is that when one group of people successfully invades, dominates, displaces, or conquers another group of people, members of the victorious...
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