Tag Archives: Crime

Shooting at the Mall where I got my first McJob

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Steve

Had to double check to make sure no other community uses the name ‘Castleton’ for their mall when it was on the right side of my Twitter feed. Nope, it was the mall near our house during our brief 10 months … Continue reading →

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1997: L.A. Confidential debuts in theaters

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Steve

Somebody brought this up on Twitter which got me to thinking, did I review this movie when it came out during the days Maggi Picayune was exclusively in print? No and Yes. No, not really in much depth as other Nineties’ … Continue reading →

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LEGO theft ring in Seattle

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Steve

Yet another sign that LEGO is the true alternate currency! This story I found yesterday in The Guardian is funny, sad and just amazing in how stupid these people were. Screw crypto, that’s a pyramid scheme! LEGO is the better investment. … Continue reading →

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Italian #55: Mario Puzo

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Steve

This request is from my cousin Dana and I will use the famous Mario to kick off a round of authors since writing has been a great domain for Italy and its descendants since Dante’s Inferno. We all recognize his most … Continue reading →

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Killing Them Softly

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Steve

Killing was a rather mediocre Crime movie set around the final days of the 2008 election. There’s so much yapping, you’d think David Mamet wrote this but it’s loosely based upon a book I’m not going to look up. Brad Pitt … Continue reading →

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Drive

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Steve

So glad to see Drive return to Netflix. I’m indifferent to Ryan Gosling movies, at least he’s not irritating like Justin Timberlake and I was impressed with in La La Land which keeps getting shit on by White Guilt. I was also … Continue reading →

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Kill the Irishman

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Steve

Another movie which came and went in theaters before I got a chance to see it way back in 2011. Thanks to Hulu I caught it before the streaming service’s time to offer this expired. Irishman is loosely based upon … Continue reading →

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Breaking Bad turns 10 today

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Steve

I didn’t get around to watching Breaking Bad in its entirety until I think 2015, maybe 2016. It’s a hard show to stop viewing because the writers excelled at making you want to know what’s going to happen next with … Continue reading →

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