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Pinball Adept
You may be familiar, if you’ve ever taken any kind of quiz or whatnot on social media, of The Myers-Briggs Personality Type test. A quick and easy way to find out what your psychological profile is in how you relate and react to the world. When I took the test a few years back, it […]
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Jezebel
There’s a very distinct reason I refer to myself as a “film writer” and not a “film critic.” I don’t feel like I’m a critic, for one thing. Generally speaking, my whole vibe is “CHECK OUT THIS COOL THING!” Or, at least, I think that’s what it is. Another reason is that I have, by […]
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My Favorite Year
Certain movies bring a huge smile to my face, and 1982’s “My Favorite Year” is one of those movies. A delightful discovery I went into completely cold one night when I watched it on TCM for the first time a few years ago. I’ve been holding out for the movie to get a blu-ray release […]
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The Three Kinds of People
When the weather turns cool and crisp, there are people like me who fling open the front doors of their homes and embrace this weather in their loving arms. Fall is my time, the cool weather is my time. I don’t do well in the heat, and I don’t like sweating when I walk outside […]
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Cluny Brown
During the final months of the much-missed streaming service FilmStruck, word on Twitter was flying around that every single subscriber must take a chance to see the last film made by famed director Ernst Lubitsch, “Cluny Brown” while it was on the service to see. A rare film, which was very hard to track down. […]
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Untitled Goose Column
We live in dark times. I know it, you know it, dogs know it. And as such, we need to take time for things that make this dark and cruel world brighter. Sometimes, however, something especially suited to cast away the dark appears. Such an occurrence has transpired, my friends. Two weeks ago, myself and […]
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Andy For Hire
You may have seen recently the story of a brilliant fellow in New Zealand who knew he was getting fired and hired a clown to follow him to the meeting, and make balloon animals while he was being fired. This may be one of the most brilliant things I’ve ever heard of, and frankly, I […]
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I Was a Teenage Autumnal
“Even someone who is pure at heart, and says their prayers at night, can turn into an Autumn freak when the pumpkin spice blooms and the moon is full and bright.” — Aristotle, probably. I was driving home the other night, it was a little after eight-thirty at night. It was one of those awfully […]
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Is The Washing Machine Trying to Kill Me?
It’s the day after the three day weekend. So it’s a Tuesday, that not only feels like a Monday, but the Mondayest Monday. As such I’ve been working on getting things done I need to get done, and house chores that need to be tackled, specifically a massive pile of laundry that was well on […]
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Monster On The Campus
At long last, September is here. Which means we are closer to Fall, which means we are closer to October, which means we are closer to Halloween. I’ve written on several occasions of how when this time of the year comes around I begin to dive into one of my most favorite movie worlds, Universal […]
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One Man’s Dream
The other night at dinner, my non-existent son, Lemuel, was too preoccupied with doing that flossing dance than he was eating the fine meal my also non-existent wife, Sheila, had made. I looked at the boy and said: “Son if you eat all your broccoli, you can play a Fortnite.” The flossing stopped, the eating […]
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Thin Manned Smiths Named Pete
There are certain times when I speak to you about new releases from Warner Archive that I find myself particularly geeked. Which is to not say I’m not always enthusiastic when speaking about their titles, but sometimes they put out something that hits right in the target of my movie love, and or is something […]
