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#205  [archive]
10/31/2023
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Streaming free This is a devastating documentary about the damage done to gay people by Hollywood’s depictions of them. … [read more]

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#376  [archive]
10/30/2023
     Halloween is tomorrow, and I can’t frickin’ wait for it to be over.
    Every year it starts earlier and earlier, like Xmas — decorations in people’s yards, frickin’ pumpkin spice, and way too many personal blogs well-worth reading 11 months out of the year go suddenly gaga for ghosts, with a dozen memes daily of Frankenstein and Dracula, Samantha Stevens and Treehouse of Horror, Eddy Allan Poe and Cthulu and things that go bump in the night. … [read more]

Heroes usually let you down — peel back anyone’s public image, you’ll find something ugly. No heroes for me, thanks, but one of the Americans I admire most was a man who might’ve killed me for calling him an American.Crazy … [read more]

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#204  [archive]
10/29/2023
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)Most of the movies I watch are obtained, shall we say, surreptitiously. It’s a far from flawless process, often fails midway through, so it’s necessary to ‘test-drive’ the first moments of every film as it’s downloaded, to make sure it’s all there, in the right language, etc. … [read more]

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#203  [archive]
10/28/2023
You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
Streaming free Son-of-a-bitch billionaire Anthony Kirby (Edward Arnold) yearns for more money, of course, because that’s what billionaires do. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART’S
BROWSER HISTORY
#375  [archive]
10/28/2023
• With a flash of bluish-white light and orange sparks, a trio of foundry workers carved seven long gashes into Robert E Lee’s severed head • 15,000 scientists warn society could ‘collapse’ this century in dire climate report
    Perhaps I live in a bubble of pessimism, but — isn’t this well-known, and essentially a certainty?• … [read more]

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#202  [archive]
10/26/2023
Special Bulletin (1983)
Streaming free
Terrorists claim to have a nuclear bomb, aboard a small tugboat in the harbors of Charleston, South Carolina. … [read more]

I’m a little low lately, on whatever gumption it takes to write again what I always write — observations of idiots on the bus, at the diner, etc. … [read more]

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#201  [archive]
10/25/2023
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Streaming free
This is an experimental film, made in Russia during the silent era. … [read more]

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#200  [archive]
10/24/2023

Nightmare Alley (1947)
Streaming free
I am tempted to simply write, “This frickin’ rocks,” because what else can be said?  … [read more]