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5 Off My Head: Siri Says 1925 - Tis that time again, to put on your time-machine booties and chase with me back through the seasons and land upon whatever year my telephone tells me. Our ...

‘I’m Your Man’: A Wry, Meticulous Dystopian Romance That Understands Just How Valuable Dan Stevens Is [Berlin Review] - [image: Dan Stevens I'm Your Man][image: ‘I’m Your Man’: A Wry, Meticulous Dystopian Romance That Understands Just How Valuable Dan Stevens Is [Berlin Revi...

A literal shot in the arm - So. Yesterday my dad had his second covid vaccine. Day before my mom had her first. Today I get mine. WHOOP! I’m a bit nervous about being out of the house...

Golden Globe predictions, 2021 - It's the Golden Globes tonight! They screwed up epically last year, awarding Best Screenplay to Tarantino's insufferable *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*......

A Python fan with questionable bonafides - If you asked me to cite some of my most foundational comedic influences, they way predate *The Simpsons* and *Seinfeld*, or other touchstones that drove ...

LOST IN TWIN PEAKS: Teaser for Patreon podcast (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #16) - Yesterday was February 24, the day in 1989 that FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks, Washington to investigate the murder of popular loc...

“‘Tell Me Your Secrets’: A Knotty Show That’s Darker Than ‘Game Of Thrones’” - Okay, not "darker" per se but certainly more assertively dark, in case you like semantic games. Continue reading →

#40 The power of blankets - No offense fire, wheel, and printing press. But blankets are the greatest technology ever invented. Yes, there we were, running around naked in the plain...

How the Hell Was Won: DEMONOID (1981), CRUISE INTO TERROR (1978) - INTRO: THE ORIGIN OF SATANIC PANIC Blame it on the foundation-rattling popularity of *The Exorcist *and *Rosemary's Baby *if you want, but the 70s was o...

have you checked the children? - *When a Stranger Calls* (1979, directed by Fred Walton) In praise of a cinema without qualities. That classic seventies sleaze film found in a room full o...

Five things worth knowing about the Mars Perseverance Rover - [image: Five things worth knowing about the Mars Perseverance Rover] View on my website

Bible Quotes Womens Role - For ye are all one in christ jesus. To the woman god has assigned the role of demonstrating the submission of the church to her head, jesus christ. Pin b...

The Movie About The Song That Once Said Something New - It’s been said that before there was the printed word, songs and poetry carried stories to the people for centuries. One learned of ancestral tales and c...

Awalnya Ingin Ngereview, Cuman.... - Awalnya Ingin Ngereview, Cuman.... Jadi beberapa hari lalu saya manggil tukang service mesin cuci (ternyata dia lebih spesialis service AC), kenapa ...

Off to the printer - Big Dumb Objects has been sent to the printer. And it’s about time. Big Dumb time, even. [image: Cover image for BIG DUMB OBJECTS, Schlock Mercenary Book...

Best Recordings of 2020 - After a hiatus last year, it is time for a list of classical CDs that were outstanding this year. This is the ionarts list of the Best Classical Recordings...

Andy Warhol's 1970s/80s Journal Entries about Movies and Celebrities - Before the pandemic hit, I attended an exhibit of Andy Warhol's paintings at Chicago's art museum and it was really impressive; his paintings are often v...

NewFest Film Festival: Wrap-Up - *This is me reviewing the films I've seen at this year's NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival.* After 25 feature films, 2 webseries and 52 short films, my first ...

A trip down memory lane! - The other day, Meg (aka Millie) brought it to my attention that the old TCM Message Board archives are still accessible online! So I did a quick google s...

Richard - *(AUTHOR NOTE: My publisher told me I could post a chapter from the new book. There were 25 chapters to choose from, but I chose this one. Because I want...

The Last Song - Remembering my sweet daughter today. I used to whisper in her ear while she slept that I was *so proud* to be her dad. I miss taking walks and how she woul...

OSCAR NOMINEES? YES. 1001 BOOK WORTHY? REMAINS TO BE SEEN. - In determining what films will make the updated edition of the 1001 Movie Book, it's a good idea to look at the Best Picture Nominees from the previous y...

Back from Outer Space Because I Want You to Read This - I always thought I'd quote that Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" line if I ever met a martian. That song comes to mind, given the times we're living in (Soci...

Brand New Day - [image: Brand New Day]

Early Review: Here There are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé - HERE THERE ARE MONSTERS has a mind-blowing cover and an impressive back copy. I was immediately hooked and devoured the first quarter of the novel. It's ...

Fashion Is Yours To Master Thanks To This List Of Techniques - Fashion can be attainable for you in your life. What one person wears may not be your cup of tea. You need to develop personal tastes so you can make the d...

MA Giveaway - Ma's (Octavia Spencer) boss may be just around the corner, but yours isn't, so tweet at @wordsbycbiggs with the #MAmovie for a chance to win one of the l...

WINTER OF DISCONTENT: Overlord - I’m just guessing, but one evening director Julius Avery and screenwriters Billy Ray and Mark L Smith were over at JJ Abrams’s house ingesting hallucinog...

Big Bad Wolves - Big Bad Wolves (aka מי מפחד מהזאב הרע‎‎, Mi mefakhed mehaze’ev hara): Three men’s lives come to a head when a child is murdered and the hunt for the killer...

Catatan Seorang Demonstran - Dikutip oleh https://betwin188.website/ tentang Pemikiran dan gagasan dari Hok Gie memiliki fokus kepada tiga hal utama, hal kebangsaan, hal kemahasiswaan ...

I Quit My Porn Job - I haven't posted on The Writing Womb in a loooong assed time. Mostly because this was supposed to be a cartoon blog and it's a lot of fucking work to ma...

Black Life Matters: Killer of Sheep Review - Black Life Matters: *Killer of Sheep* Review Her body language, the deep darkness, the shot, the music, says it all: what are we supposed to be doing in ...

I’ve moved from blogspot to wordpress! - You can now follow me at: http://moviesandsongs365.wordpress.com/ Hope to see you there! from Chris

Wrapped In Plastic at 25: In the News - This is the last of my 25th anniversary posts. It is also my most self-indulgent. Forgive me. As *Twin Peaks* faded into history, *Wrapped In Plastic* ...

Let’s Talk About Virtual Reality Gaming - So let’s talk about virtual reality gaming, what was suppose to be the big, hot thing in 2017. What happened? Phones came with them, developers came up, an...

Where am I? - Find me now at www.cultcredentials.wordpress.com

- * My vote - Best Actress 1999* For years I had stayed away from Boys Don’t Cry, fearing that the drama level is gonna make it really uncomfortab...

THE DEATH OF ANTAGONY & ECSTASY - This will be the last new post on Antagony & Ecstasy, almost eleven and a half years after the first one. It has been a good and steady companion to me, an...

End of Golden Tabloid - Achewood strip for Sunday, December 25, 2016

12:00 - Funai Electric, the last remaining company to manufacture VCRs, has announced that it will make its final VCR units this month, marking the end of an era.

Kostenlos Two of a Kind Filme Online Gucken - Sie sind Sie in der Suche nach Two of a Kind HD Filme Online?. Sie haben den richtigen Ort kommen.Erstaunliche Two of a Kind in Blu-ray Format angucken, At...

A Softer World: 1248 - buy this comic as a print! Or share on: facebookreddit If you enjoy the comic, please consider supporting A Softer World on Patreon

New Beginnings - It's with a bittersweet feeling that I announce this news, but this blog will be permanently closed and not updated again. I'm not going anywhere of course...

Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Meet Masanobu from All the Pretty Books! - Hey friends! As many of you know, this is BBAW 2016, which means I get to introduce you to my new friend, Masanobu, from All the Pretty Books. (I know, I k...

First Time Viewings / 2015 - Twenty five, in vaguely preferential order: *Les Fantomes du Chapelier* (Claude Chabrol, 1982) *Alice, or the Last Escapade* (Claude Chabrol, 1977) *Abigail...

Suffragette (**) - SUFFRAGETTE Directed by Sarah Gavron ** *Suffragette *is a purposefully-directed film with good intentions. It gets a performance out of Carey Mulligan t...

Thinking About Fast Methods In Bathroom Vanities Design - Prolonged gazing in to one’s toilet reflect had been considered a significant vice. For mirror, you are able to, could be the step-sister regarding pleasur...

Pază fără egal - Aseară, în timp ce aşteptam la rând să-mi iau un bilet la meciul de baschet,mi-a şoptit o păsărică o poveste de-a dreptul halucinantă. Stabilimentul come...

I Know, I Know... - ...you know. Notes of an Angry White Guy

The Tree of Life (2011, Malick) - Terrence Malick's cosmic elegy is not just larger-than-life: it bypasses life. The movie confirms what theologists deny but we may suspect: that there is a...

Best of of 2014 Complete List - *1. * *2.* Review *3.* Review *4.* Review *5.* Review *6.* Review *7.* Review *8.* *9.* Review *10.* *Review* *Runners Up* 11. Force Majeure 12. F...

Art History Tours in Italy this Spring! - Hello! In 2011 I taught my first overseas art history course in Italy (ART HIST 3V03: Studies in Venetian Art & Theory). That was followed by a second v...

You Know in a Year I'm Gonna Be Happy - It's a strange feeling coming back to this blog well over a year from my last post. Looking over these pages. These words. All these feelings, emotions, s...

The Mutant Anti-Mammal - Gotta love Vice. I love articles like this even (and sometimes especially) when they contradict my own preferences. Vice: In Defense of Hairy Women It is...

Saving Mr. Banks - *"Just Because It's Fiction Doesn't Make it a Lie"** *or* *"Cavorting, Twinkling, and Prancing to a Happy Ending Like a Kamikaze"* Mary Poppins was a bitch...

- Hello! Just giving you all a heads up that I won't be uploading anything new for the rest of the year. That includes the next chapter for the Christmas Pla...

Get Your October Face On! - '

Review: "The Rugby Player" - As a new New Yorker, I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to commemorate 9/11 like the people who lived here when the attacks occurred. This was my second 9/...

Whoopi With Your Best Shot: The Color Purple - Typical me, I got a copy of the film in order to do an entry for The Film Experience's beloved (says I) "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" series. Typical becaus...

Short Review: 'Beyond the Black Rainbow' (2010) - [image: photo btbr_01.jpg] The culmination of what is generated through mood and atmosphere and its effect upon the way in which one interprets information...

a beautiful day in the neighborhood - For a while, I didn't really pick up my camera. I didn't shoot, I didn't edit, I didn't blog. Now that I've decided I want to keep blogging, I find myself ...

He met The One, again. - As I sat there, with the IT Pilot's profile photo staring right back at me, I felt a sudden rush of blood go through my face. It was official- he had chose...

Most Enjoyed / Fave Films of 2012 - Hey Moxie Moxie Readers, Listeners and Watchers! Long time no post, eh? It's the time of year that I usually am furiously listing, categorizing and re...

Sexy DJ Kim Lee Hot Pics - *DJ Kim Lee* *[image: Kim Lee boobs]*[image: Kim Lee bikini pose] [image: Kim Lee nude pics] [image: Kim Lee hot ass] [image: Kim Lee boobs] [image: Sexy Kim...

Of Something and Nothing in Particular comic for 20120910 - 20120910

Review Slam 6-14-12 - So, I figure, if I'm watching movies I have no reason to NOT write at least some kind of reviews for them. Thus, when I watch a few movies, I'm going to do...

A Brief History of Online Education - *The internet has given us many gifts throughout the years - from music and video game codes to not so G-rated material. Therefore, it is no surprise tha...

- I changed the address of the blog. It's now at mildlyinterestingthings.blogspot.com. It's exactly the same, apart from the name.

Rampart - In the opening scene of Rampart, we see LAPD officer Dave Brown behaving rather typically for a character in a corrupt cop movie. If the genre feels like ...

Alas...A New Blog..... - Hi Everyone....Finally I'm back & I have a New Home... Lemanie's Randomness I love you Melanie's Randomness and all the joy & awesomeness you have brough...

The 25 Best Performances of 2011, Part 2 - Yip... 10) Rainn Wilson, Super Super was an interesting film in many ways, the kind of bold genre revisionism that people like me really, really like, but...

Margin Call or "That One Big Oops" - Ok so me and the boy saw Margin Call over the weekend, admittedly partially against my will. But with a trailer like this, can you blame me for being reluc...

woah another one! - Instructions to make this here. So fucking cool I can't even.

Rapid Reviews: Gotta Get Caught Up! - Time to get this thing back on track, don't you think? We're about to hit Oscar season once again and I've been incredibly remiss in updating this blog. D...

In Which I Take Inspector Gadget and Child Protective Services to Task - Dear Metro City Department of Social Services, As a concerned citizen of the world, I felt it my duty to bring to your attention a case of extraordinary n...

It's Malibu McBee time! - So June marks the official start of summer or some shit, and with that comes all that cool shit that I like to do in the summer... like stay indoors out of...

KUATO -

And What Next? - As is its wont, the theatrical blogosphere is full of people getting angry. And that's okay--that's the purpose of theatre blogs: analyzing and decrying th...

Oh Goodness - Where does the time go? I must post more on this blog! All's well, I just get caught up in other things. So I figured I might as well return to blogging wi...

Making A Comeback - Hello my lovely followers, I hope you had a wonderfully relaxing winter holiday and a fun-filled New Year! It's been a while, huh? I'll admit, I completely...

New Year got you feeling a little "flushed?" Check out the NEW Strange Kids Club! - No worries. Strange Kid is back in business with a slew of cool new stuff planned for 2011 including the announcement of a brand new website: www.strangeki...

Donna Meets the Grim Reaper -

A farewell to Blogspot - After having Social Rupture up on Blogspot for probably far too long, I've decided to move it to Tumblr, as the interface is far more intuitive and it gene...

Gone With the wind (1939) - This movie set on my shelf still wrapped in its shiny red Netflix envelope, I am embarrassed to say, for several months. I was not looking forward to the ...

Go! Go! Go! - While I get the domain forwarding set up, the new site is up and running. GO HERE. NOW. Update your bookmarks, tell your family, your friends, your dog an...

15 Minute Play Festival - Well, okay. Not that anyone ever reads this anymore, but I thought I'd just drop in real quick and tell you guys my play, Bird Watching, was selected to be...

A last minute "write in" Niblet - No, it’s not for the Snarkernacle. For some inexplicable reason this hallowed site was not counted among those worthy of a Niblet nomination, and unlike so...

Crap - I haven't even looked at this thing in forever. I don't think anyone in my class has looked at their blog. Anyway, I have nothing to say. I'm just about t...

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