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Sidney Lumet, dead at 86 but still telling our story

Sad news came early Saturday morning when it was announced that film director Sidney Lumet had passed away. Lumet was one of the foremost filmmakers in Hollywood at a time when the Director was King...

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“Thor” passable, but revels in its mediocrity

I finally saw “Thor,” the film adaptation of the Marvel Comics mythos based (loosely) on the character of the same name from Norse mythology. I sought refuge from God’s Judgment by going to another for...

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Bob Dylan at 70

Bob Dylan turns 70 today. I had a very, very late epiphany when it came to Dylan and only started listening and appreciating his work within the last two years despite earlier efforts by friend and...

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Marilyn & Lindsay

If Marilyn Monroe had survived substance abuse and self-destruction, she’d be 85 today. On July 2nd, actress and tabloid target Lindsay Lohan will turn 25. To compare the two seems ridiculous. Monroe...

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Troubling treatments of racial and ethnic identity in “X-Men: First Class”

The Marvel comics franchise “X-Men” has been lauded for its cultural sensitivities and perpetual relevance due to parallels commentators draw between its protagonist mutants and real-life ethnic,...

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How did you smell, Orson Welles?

While doing some light morning reading before I left for work, I ran across a fascinating little bit of trivia about one of my favorite artists of the twentieth century. It turns out that Orson Welles...

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Captain America: surprisingly good

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far to New York Special Olympics! To get me and my teammates to rappel off the Crown Plaza and have a little fun yourselves while giving to charity, CLICK HERE....

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EMPAC announces Fall schedule, including appearance by Album of the Year...

  EMPAC has released its schedule for the Fall of 2011. Check it out here. Some of the things  that popped out to me: Guy Maddin: Tales from the Gimli Hospital: Reframed (Thursday September 1, 7:30 PM)...

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List of changes in “Star Wars: The Ultimate Collection” Blu-Ray

This coming Friday marks the release “Star Wars: The Complete Saga” on Blu-Ray. Collecting all six films digitally retouched, the release features more tweaks and changes that have come to redefine the...

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Steven Spielberg: the anti-Lucas

While George Lucas was busy fiddling with the Blu-Ray “Star Wars” compilation and inserting more garbage that ruins childhood memories, director Steven Spielberg was undoing a similarly infamous edit...

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