Movie Reviews: Night Vision
Night Visiondirected by Gil BettmanThe older movie Night Vision starred former NFL player and blaxploitation leading man Fred Williamson and noted martial arts performer Cynthia Rothrock. The idea...
View ArticleSALT Deduction Cap Fight
I play chess. I hate when my opponent manipulates me into a situation with no good choices. I don't think that former President Trump and his merry band of sycophants are good chess players but they...
View ArticleIf Dog Breeds Were People
A friend shared this on Facebook. I thought it was sufficiently amusing to pass along. I have had some of the dogs portrayed in this skit. The skit was accurate as far as I could see.
View ArticleMother Defends Children Against Racist Home Invasion
I do not think that every single person should own a firearm. And I know some people who own guns who in my opinion probably shouldn't. But I have never understood those who claim that only police or...
View ArticleSome Indians Try Cow Dung for Covid Cure
Every single group of people has some belief systems that are not only not backed up by testable hypotheses and science but also are often flatly contradicted by those processes. It is what it is. This...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballotsdirected by William KeighleyThis is not really a noir film though it does have noir elements. It's an old school crime drama and something of a love letter to the police, most...
View ArticleRavens Stealing Groceries
I no longer patronize certain grocery stores or convenience stores. Maybe I don't like the service. Maybe I think there's an unacceptably high risk of encountering would be robbers. If I lived in...
View ArticleGermany To Return Nigerian Bronzes
William Faulkner wrote that "The past is never dead. It's not even the past." Much of the world today is the result of crimes committed and decisions made by people decades, even centuries ago.Human...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: The Sentinel (1977)
The Sentinel (1977)directed by Michael WinnerThere was a brief time in the late sixties thru the early eighties when horror movies, despite always being considered cinema's ugly stepchild, were able to...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Georgetown
Georgetowndirected by Christoph WaltzIn both of the previous movies (Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds) in which I've seen Waltz, he has played a garrulous grammar pedant and bon vivant who is more...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: The Breaking Point
The Breaking Pointdirected by Michael CurtizThis is a 1950 film noir that feels very modern both in its story and in the treatment of its characters. During a time when racial segregation was still...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Against Black Men
Based on my own experience, logic, research, and history I have always believed that the differences that exist between men and women are not moral or ethical ones. I have known women who have every...
View ArticleAsian Man in Ypsilanti Michigan Shoots Six Year Old Black Boy: Gets Low Bond...
Do you remember when you were six years old? Did you play outside with your friends, siblings, and other relatives? Maybe you liked to jump rope. Maybe you liked to play hopscotch and drew multicolored...
View ArticleBo Schembechler and Sexual Abuse At The University of Michigan
If you grew up in the state of Michigan in the seventies or eighties, the University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was something akin to a demigod. You might not have cared for Bo if you...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Den of Thieves
Den of Thievesdirected by Christian GudegastThis is a heist/action film which references movies or shows such as Heat, Animal Kingdom, and Now You See Me. It's more intelligent than it looks. The...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Feral State
Feral Statedirected by Jon CarloThis is a film by a first time director. I decided to watch it because the subject matter seemed promising and because the best known actress in the film, AnnaLynne...
View ArticleHey Hey Hey: Bill Cosby Conviction Overturned!
As you may have heard already Bill Cosby's rape conviction was thrown out by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Bill Cosby was released from prison. He can not be retried. He is as free as a bird. The...
View ArticleCows Escape Slaughterhouse (Briefly)
I guess the cows decided to live free or die trying. They got to enjoy a final few moments of freedom before being slaughtered. I think that some day in the not too distant future that more people will...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: The Haunting in Connecticut
The Haunting In Connecticutdirected by Peter CornwellThis is another older film that claims to be based in part on some of the experiences of Ed and Lorraine Warren or stories that they heard. And that...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungledirected by John HustonHow many heist movies have you watched where there is a snitch, a doomed love story, people hunted separately by cops or other crooks, a brainy mastermind who...
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