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April 5, 2013 Roger Ebert
Film critic Roger Ebert lost his battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 70, just two days after telling us he was going to have to “reduce his presence” because of the cancer’s reemergence. He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years, longer than I’ve been alive. I remember watching […]
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April 4, 2013 Surgery Movies Follow-Up
I mentioned on Tuesday that when I was feeling better maybe I’d come back and comment on the list, so in the interests of working on following through on stuff, I thought I’d actually do that. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – This is how you do a sequel. Airplane! – Is this the […]
April 2, 2013 Tuesday 14: Surgery Movies
I’m still not up and around, but I figured I could at least copy and paste in a list of movies. Don’t let the title mislead you – this isn’t a list of movies about surgery or even have surgery in them. These are just the movies I’ve watched since I had surgery last week. […]
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March 26, 2013 Tuesday 10: Winona Ryder Movies
It’s interesting to look back on Winona’s career. Those of us who experienced Winona’s career as it was happening were captivated by some pretty big movies. Beetlejuice, Heathers, and Edward Scissorhands put her permanently on our movie maps, and if you didn’t have a crush on her when you were in high school you were […]
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March 20, 2013 We Need To Talk About We Need To Talk About Kevin
I am often asked to recommend a movie to someone and it always causes me joy and anxiety at the same time. Here’s my chance to suggest something they might not have seen or even heard of! But what if they hate it? Movie recommendations rely on so many variables: who are you watching it […]
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