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  • Sun Ray Cinema Policy Trailer, and a few more films

    Reviewing every movie ever made,
    in alphabetical order

    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

    After one punch in a bar fight, the punchee keels over dead, and the puncher, Bill (Burt Lancaster), breaks into a woman’s apartment to hide out. … [read more]

  • Anything goes: 9/19/2026

    our 98th weekly open mike

    Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]

  • And now the news: 9/18/2026

    Trump again says he could halt trade to “trade deficit” countries unless the Fed delivers on his long-demanded rate cuts

    An order like that would blow up the economy so huge, even the Supreme Court wouldn’t allow it, but at some point (soon?)

     … [read more]
  • Perfect Days, and a few more films

    Reviewing every movie ever made, in alphabetical order

    Kiss Me Monster (1969)

    Two 30-something women make their way across Italy (?), running into stupid people and doing stupid things. … [read more]

  • And now the news: 9/15/2026

    Trump demands Smithsonian install ‘Colossus’ George Washington statue

    Kennedy Center closes its doors despite a judge’s order

    Trump is now explicitly saying that there’ll be no reconstruction and renovation of the Kennedy Center unless and until his name is on the building.

     … [read more]
  • The end of movies and television

    At first glance, this might look like an article about Doctor Who, but it’s more than that, and I hope you’ll read it even if you don’t know Gallifrey from Guyana.

     … [read more]
  • Kiss Me Deadly, and a few other films

    A Kiss Before Dying (1955)

    Robert Wagner, young and kinda sexy, plays a college student whose girlfriend is pregnant. This would upturn his plans, but not to worry, he finds an unorthodox solution. … [read more]

  • Anything goes: 9/12/2026

    our 97th weekly open mike

    Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]

  • And now the news: 9/11/2026

    No bullshit 9/11 retrospective ‘think pieces’ on this 25th anniversary. None of that blah blah blah. Just this one mention, a reprint, a factoid often forgotten that shouldn’t be:

    GW Bush White House approved departure of Saudis after Sept. … [read more]

  • Late days with Mom

    I’m an old man, and my mother is even older than me because that’s the way things work.

    She’s 93, and was still sharp as a dagger until March, when she underwent heart surgery. … [read more]

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