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(Skipping what would normally be a “Music Monday” to be topical. Sorry if this messes up all your plans.) I’m a guy who doesn’t sports much. I mean that in the sense that I don’t play any in real life (except some softball occasionally) and I don’t engage much in the culture of sports.  I […]

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Gritty reboots work for some things (Batman was in major need of it when it happened) but would be ridiculous for many other things (though I’m sure someone has pitched a noir Scooby Doo to someone somewhere). This picture here is a little bit of both for me. I love the look and feel of […]

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This was harder than it looks.  At first glance “favorite Ghostbusters quotes” looks easy – I love the movie, I say stuff from it all the time, no problem! – but then you start remembering your favorites and looking up others and pretty soon you’ve quoted most of the movie and narrowing it down to […]

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I am not nearly as connected to music as I am to movies and videogames, despite music being way more accessible. I don’t watch movies or play games while I’m driving, and I certainly don’t put on a game or a movie to fall asleep to. Maybe it’s because music is so all around that […]

After I watch a movie, I like to read up on it.  I rarely look up reviews of a movie beforehand (unless it’s to assure my wife that, “See? A bunch of other people say Frozen is pretty good!”), but I will generally look up reviews after I’ve seen it. Sometimes a review will help […]