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Movies in Theaters and on our TV

Gremlins: Our Xmas movie for 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Steve

When it comes to Christmas, many people in my generation go with Die Hard as their holiday flick. I’ve never seen it plus I can’t stand Bruce Willis, another chicken-shit-hawk “action” star. Anyway, yeah, I know…it’s Christmas and the movie is … Continue reading →

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The Force Awakens: Must See!

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Steve

NO SPOILERS SO SHUT THE F*** UP, RELAX AND READ ON! If I see that warn-out car joke one more time, right next to the UK carry-on meme, I’m going to go off on the social retard. Anyway, I had the … Continue reading →

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 will return!

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Steve

…and the Maggi Republic helped! We pitched in enough to get the Blu-Rays plus I wanted the stretch goals, no wait, add-ons of thumb drives of Crow and Tom. Having had the great luck to meet Joel Hodgson a couple … Continue reading →

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Trumbo: Must See

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Steve

You may not know Dalton Trumbo by name but you’ll know the movies he wrote the screenplays to: Roman Holiday, Spartacus, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Exodus and Kitty Foyle. He was also a highly-paid screenwriter whose career was devastated by the Red Scare … Continue reading →

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RIP: Robert Loggia

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Steve

Born Salvatore Loggia, he probably had to change it to Robert because his real name was “too ethnic” for Whitebread America in the Fifties, this guy went on to be royalty in the bit parts. Honestly, can you name anything … Continue reading →

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The Good Dinosaur: Time killer

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Steve

Inside Out was a demonstration of Pixar regaining its mojo and The Good Dinosaur shows they don’t have a consistent plan to maintain another good streak. When I saw the trailer for Finding Dory which appears next Summer, I have serious doubts they won’t be releasing … Continue reading →

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Ghost World

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Steve

This was the movie they chose to feature with Illeana Douglas’ book signing. A rather odd choice since she was only a supporting character, the protagonist’s Summer art teacher but when Illeana appeared, she was funny. After seeing Ghost World, it … Continue reading →

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Illeana Douglas

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Steve

Wednesday evening was an always special evening for Austin and Alamo Drafthouse, a screening of Ghost World with actress/writer/director Illeana Douglas (who is half Italian, count on her appearing next October). Although she had a supporting role in the movie as the … Continue reading →

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Spectre: Must See*

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Steve

Daniel Craig gets to finish out on a high note unlike three previous Bonds with Spectre, trust me, Day Another Day and A View to a Kill…PU! License Revoked was just mediocre because the franchise was struggling on numerous levels. Now when I first heard … Continue reading →

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Sean Astin

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Steve

Since Wiz-World Austin ’15 was rather disappointing, I remembered the cool encounter I had last year that I forgot to post…Samwise himself! Meanwhile, the people who run Wiz-World promised to work harder next year so it will be in late … Continue reading →

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The Last Witch Hunter: Time Killer

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Steve

The name Vin Diesel is not synonymous with quality or thoughtful but he’s been involved with two well-loved franchises: Riddick (my favorite) and those Fast & Furious car fetish movies; word has it he’ll return to revive XXX. This mediocre … Continue reading →

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Abrams could still ruin it

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Steve
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Chris Sarandon

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Steve

Wiz World Austin wasn’t a complete bust this year. Sure it was only over two days. Sure Peter Weller bailed with three days to go (his VIP package was Somara’s birthday present). Sure all the major vendors skipped because it’s … Continue reading →

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Bridge of Spies: Worth seeing

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Steve

Spielberg and Hanks team up again to cover the next chapter of American History after Saving Private Cliché back in 1998, aka Spielberg Americanizes Stalingrad. Still, I couldn’t help but like this little Thriller-Drama-History puff piece despite it playing fast and loose … Continue reading →

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Italians #36: Paul and Mira Sorvino

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Steve

October is running out and these entries do take some extraordinary effort. So I’m going with a semi-famous father-daughter acting team…well, team is a stretch, I think they’ve only done two movies together. Paul you most likely recognize. He played … Continue reading →

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