I like taking my dad to horror movies because they scare the absolute hell out of him—and, at heart, because I’m a terrible person. But what I find really fascinating is that it’s impossible to predict the ones that will really creep him out versus the ones that won’t bother him in the slightest. “Annabelle: Creation” […]
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Now Our Watch Begins
Hellos, goodbyes and Jenny of Oldstones
SPOILERS If I had to bet on any single character on “Game of Thrones” surviving it would be Samwell Tarly. Not because he’s probably the kindest character (we’ve seen how far kindness gets you in Westeros), but because someone has to survive to tell the tale. While Bran might have the sight of the Three-Eyed […]
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Sustain the Future
Fighting against social apathy, through film
You know, if everyone liked the same stuff, the world would be so unbearably boring. Most people are so divided nowadays that even if they agree on the symptoms, they’ll argue intensely over the disease. I’ve seen people lament climate change in the same sentence while mocking global warming which, as far as I can […]
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Now Our Watch Begins
Winter isn’t coming… it’s already here. Here’s our weekly take on the final season of "Game of Thrones"
*SPOILERS AHEAD* It’s only been 595 days (or 14,280 hours if you’re counting) since we last visited Westeros, but who’s counting? We’re entering into the eighth and final season of the bleakest show ever to capture the popular zeitgeist and this premiere is bringing everything round full circle. “Winterfell” is the calm before the storm […]
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Sometimes Dead is Better
Pet Sematary Digs Up Some New Terrors
Everyone knows horror legend and icon Stephen King can craft a tale so chilling it lingers in the collective consciousness with the staying power of urban legend. But those who write him off as nothing but a master of schlock are missing out on his equally expert grasp of character and normalcy. It isn’t the […]
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May the Source Be with You
April edition
We’re a quarter of the way through the year already?! That doesn’t seem right. It feels like just yesterday that I made a New Year’s resolution to stop shame-eating entire DiGiorno pizzas while crying through old episodes of “Golden Girls.” Well, maybe next year. Instead, I think I’ll put my effort into finding awesome and […]
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Hands Across America
Jordan Peele’s “Us” is a Social Nightmare
If there is an “us,” that means there’s also a “them.” No matter how close we are to our “us,” whether it’s our family, our friends or our country, there is always an “other” into which we can place our blame, fear and hate. The other race, the other culture, the other tax bracket. Muslim, […]
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Panic at the Disco
“Climax” offers free anxiety with ticket price
How uncomfortable do you like being? Like, on a scale that starts with your exes becoming lovers, to a slow-motion car accident where everyone is making eye contact with you? That’s this movie. A 90-minute crash in which you see the accident up ahead, you know it’s coming and are absolutely powerless to stop it. […]
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Marvel’s Top Gun
Popcorn movie of the year, with extra corn
If you’re anything like me and grew up loving cinema, movie night was the best night of the week. You’d go to the dinky little pre-IMAX theater with sticky floors and weird smells, get your buttery snacks, and for the next two hours you’d be transported to another world. And if it was a good […]
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March Edition
I dunno. I’ve realized (pretty quickly) since I moved to Bend in the fall of 1999 that I’m an indoor kid. Snowpocalypses are just not my thing. I like warm fires and melted cheeses and chocolates and don’t need to freeze first to enjoy them. This winter I’ve decided not to tussle with Jack Frost. Instead, […]