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Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
As the frigid high desert nights fade and Bend finally lives up to the reputation of having perfect weather for weeks on end, the amount of time tourists and locals alike will spend at the ever-increasing number of food carts and food cart pods will grow. I’m not complaining, as I never want the booming […]
Nostalgia is a tricky lens through which to view the past, especially pop culture. A movie or a show that we grew up with carries much more emotional cache than something we just stumbled across on Hulu at 4pm on a Thursday. “Star Wars” is a perfect example: For some people (me included), the original […]
MINOR MARVEL SPOILERS AHOY As a life-long science fiction and comic book nerd, the idea of the multi-verse hasn’t been new to me since I was a kid, but Marvel is doubling down on the concept with Phase Four of the MCU. With “Loki,” we got a look at all the different variants of the […]
As this very mellow winter slowly comes to an end, I want to give a shout out to all my specific temperature peoples that don’t do well in freezing weather or sweltering hot weather. Either; instead only ever truly comfortable right around 67 degrees in the sun with a mild breeze. Don’t let anyone mock […]
Sorry, I’m gonna date myself real quick. One of the only times I ever skipped school was March 31 of my senior year when I took off during lunch to go to the first showing of “The Matrix” at my local theater. Yeah, I was a real troublemaker. I went into that movie expecting some […]
I‘ve said it before, and I know I’ll say it again: We need better stoner movies. For the last three 4/20’s in a row, I’ve been trying to come up with a new and improved stoner canon, something better than a random Cheech and Chong movie or “Half Baked,” smarter and more brain expandy than […]
How much of who we are is based on the memories and moments that have imprinted on us since birth? I sometimes wonder if I woke up tomorrow completely tabula rasa, would I find my way back to loving the same movies, the same music, the same people, or would I end up being some […]
It’s easy to forget how close we all used to be. Over the last few years, we got so used to eating at home or only going out with people in our bubble that the communal aspect of sharing food and passing around small plates to a large table full of friends, family or co-workers […]
There’s something so purely timeless to me about a good old-fashioned double feature. I don’t mean like at the drive-in where it’s a specially curated two-fer of films that are thematically connected or are perfectly paired with each other. Don’t get me wrong…those are great, but there’s something beautiful about seeing two movies just because […]
It’s crazy we’re already a quarter of the way through the year. I always thought it was a cliche to say time flies as you get older, but that might be the most accurate statement of my entire life. Every day feels like it’s three hours long and by the time I’m fully awake and […]
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