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Super Fly
Another pair of blu-rays from Warner Archive showed up at my door over the weekend. One is their new release of the 1972 Soul Cinema classic “Super Fly,” and the other is a release from a few years ago that I just got around to, the 1943 WWII fundraising film “Thank Your Lucky Stars.” Both […]
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Summer Vacation
My wife and I were sitting around the other night playing a game of Scrabble. Scrabble, has it has been for many years, is our love language. We take it very seriously and our games can sometimes become tense. Scrabble has almost caused us to divorce thrice. This was not one of the occasions when […]
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Female Trouble
Female Trouble What would the world of cinema be without the works of Baltimore’s favorite son, John Waters? From his early works like “Pink Flamingos” to his more popular and mainstream titles “Cry Baby” and “Hairspray”—the latter of which spawned a popular Broadway musical that just had a production done by Johnson City Community Theater—movies […]
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Parker Brothers Board Games
Parker Brothers Board Games. Living in 2018 is exhausting, both for global and personal reasons—my father has been dealing with lung cancer for almost a year. To cope and deal with it all I spend a lot of time indulging my passions more than usual. Which is to say I’ve spent a significant amount of […]
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Designing Seven Brides
In 1954 MGM released two musicals in the new widescreen CinemaScope format. One was a lavish adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical “Brigadoon” the other was a musical written especially for the screen, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” Despite “Seven Brides” having a score that featured lyrics by perhaps the greatest lyricist to ever […]
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Diving Head First Screaming Into A Pool of Enthusiasm
If you, over these last twelve years (holy cats), have followed my column with any regularity, then you are most aware that yours truly is rather enthusiastic over board games. Some know me as “the movie guy” or “the record guy,” but when people ask me what my hobbies are I tend to answer with […]
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An Open Letter to the People I Played Mario Kart with Last Weekend
Dear___________, First off, let me begin by once again thanking you for inviting me into your home for an evening of fun and games. I’m so glad that we (you, me, and our collective friends) are able to get together regularly for fun and shenanigans. What a blessing this is during these trying times. As […]
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Noir Crazy Luxury Liners
Let me get right to the heart of the matter. The 1950 Film-Noir “Gun Crazy” is one hell of a movie. A thrilling movie with amazing camerawork including a legendary shot-in-one-take bank robbery done entirely from the backseat of a car. I first saw “Gun Crazy” two years ago, and it really left an impression […]
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West to Johnson City?
The lady and I were out having dinner the other night. We hadn’t had a proper date night in far too long, our lives have been quite busy lately. I also owed her massive apologies for what went down during our last game of “Mario Kart,” which I hoped to do by taking her out […]
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Upcoming Summer Blockbusters
Now that May has arrived, schools are letting out and everyone is thinking about their plans for the Summer. Plans of taking the family on vacation, being lazy by a pool, cookouts, and other fun outdoor activities. There’s also going to be the traditional wave Summer blockbusters hitting the local multiplex. This week, I thought […]
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