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With all the hubbub about sampling…15 years ago…it seems that the time is right to talk about sampling in movies. Actually, I’m just doing...
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With all the hubbub about sampling…15 years ago…it seems that the time is right to talk about sampling in movies. Actually, I’m just doing...
There are a lot of films out there that are “based on a true story.” Some actually are, but a few are…well…just not. Sure,...
Everybody loves a crazy girl. You know what I’m talking about. She’s the kind of girl who breaks the guy out of his shell...
Sam Peckinpah had a knack for showing us what it was like at the end of the “Old West.” Most of his films tended...
Those of us who have loved ones with depression have to do everything we can to make sure that they don’t do that. We...
I’m gonna go a little bit off the rails here with my double feature concept and do not really a “themed” double feature as...
Not everyone knows this, though. Some folks just can’t seem to get it through their thick skulls no matter what happens. Here’s a double...
Film noir has come a long way…and that way hasn’t necessarily been a good one. The last great film noir was probably LA Confidential...
With The Wolf Of Wall Street out recently (which is excellent, by the way), it got me thinking about Martin Scorsese. Of course, he’s...
I know that this time of year always brings out the sappy in people. And we all hate that. But that’s just too bad....
It’s December, so that means that it’s everyone’s favorite time of year: Road Trip Time!….? Stay with me here. Christmas is a time to...
Next week is Thanksgiving and I just realized that, even after more than a year of writing this column, you folks may not really...
As Paul Anka once said, breaking up is hard to do. Sadly, he wasn’t just exaggerating for the sake of a good pop song....
It’s October, so it’s time to talk horror. It’s quite possibly my favorite genre, so I’m as giddy as a little ghoul. Sorry. One...
There’s a certain brand of geek who knows the phrases “Push the button, Frank” and “We got movie sign!” Those geeks also like to...
Death is a part of life, unfortunately. It comes to all of us and the ones we love. The movies have become incredibly adept...
Telluride is sort of a fantasy land for film lovers. Not only is it in the middle of a beautiful box canyon in an...
Hong Kong. I think it’s name means “Land Of Many Exploding Heads.” Or maybe not. There’s no doubt, though, that the late 80s and...
There was a lot going on on this date in history. First off, just to tie today to my last article, August 16th is...
“I had the great honor of shaking his hand once!” On this day in 1932, one of the greatest actors of all time was...
Review by Mark Wensel Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Starring Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara, Anwars Congo, Jusuf Kalla,...
Today marks the 165th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, held on July 19-20, 1848. If you’ve never heard of this convention…well, it’s not...
As we put away the fireworks and hot dogs from our July 4th celebrations, we should remember who we took this country from as...
On this day in 1900, China declared war on the US, England, Germany, France and Japan. History has called this war the Boxer Rebellion....