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For most people, classic author Jack London is considered an early pioneer of the naturalist movement and an undoubtably fierce advocate for wildlife. His...
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For most people, classic author Jack London is considered an early pioneer of the naturalist movement and an undoubtably fierce advocate for wildlife. His...
Who are you? The new Number Two Who is Number One? You are Number Six. I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE...
As an unapologetic GenXer I realize one of the differences between ours and basically all other generations was our ability to “discover”...
Most people, even those of us who aren’t attorneys, sort of understand how this works. Public domain is defined as the state of belonging...
William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is a comedy. Yes. Hard to believe I know, but at the time it was written, and all the...
I’ve always liked films set on trains. They provide instant high concept and perceived production value, while never compromising on intimate character study. In...
Kingdom of the Spiders is a fun thrill ride of a movie that doesn’t get enough credit. In this man vs. nature run amok...
Rob Reiner directed this star-studded film based on Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway show (adapted by Sorkin himself) back in 1992. For those of you...
Getting old ain’t easy, especially in Hollywood. And let’s face it, some actors simply refuse to do it. Older actors playing younger roles is...
“I DON’T SHOOT FUCKING INSERTS!” screamed William Friedkin at a studio executive who suggested perhaps seeing a close-up of the mileage gauge might help...
Outpost is a truly unique horror film. Much like Get Out, Outpost will most likely trigger discussion over its intense subject matter long after...
What’s your favorite Christopher Guest movie? Popular answers usually include Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, or the ever-popular Waiting for Guffman. Each one...
52-Pick-Up (1986) is a vastly underrated classic that deserves far more attention. Based on the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name, this dark...
My daughter doesn’t like my movies; it bothers me. Blame it on one of the dozen things that make sense – she’s a teenager...
iMordecai is new film starring the recently Oscar nominated Judd Hirsch as the title character. Mordecai is a Holocaust survivor but this isn’t a...
George & Tammy, Showtime’s eight-episode limited series chronicling the tumultuous relationship between country music superstars George Jones and Tammy Wynette, is an actor’s powerhouse...
It’s tough to easily describe 1899 without giving it away. Let me begin by not burying the lead: I dug it. 1899 is a...
Fall is a vertigo-inducing thriller that will leave you breathless…. let me try that again. Fall is a thrill-a-minute heartstopper that will keep you...
1995’s The Quick and The Dead was ahead of its time. The quirky Sam Raimi western didn’t do well at the box office, and...
Lee Harvey Oswald was famously captured at a Dallas movie theater on November 22, 1963. The movie he snuck in to, presumably to get...
The Northman, starring Alexander Skarsgård, co-written and directed by Robert Eggers, is an ultra-violent realistic depiction of a Viking revenge tale. It’s a throwback...
The original Alien (1979) is a brilliant film. It broke nearly every traditional science fiction and horror movie convention. It had ground-breaking practical SFX,...
At first glance HBO’s Succession and Paramount’s Yellowstone couldn’t be more different. Succession, set in the super elite world of corporate America’s one percent,...
William Friedkin’s Academy-Award-winning The French Connection gave the cinematic world what is widely considered the greatest car chase of all time. No, Bullitt (1968)...