I didn’t know this before yesterday, but apparently musicals are an acquired taste. I thought everyone liked musicals. Isn’t “The Sound of Music” one of the most popular movies of all time? I also don’t know a single human person who doesn’t love “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” or “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” With all […]
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Never Trust a Demon
The Conjuring series returns Strong…if subdued
I don’t like to say that I’m obsessed with “The Conjuring” Universe but…yeah, I’ve watched most of the movies in the series at least two or three times each and sometimes write fan fiction that’s set in the world. I’m even aware that some of the movies in the series are terrible, but that didn’t really […]
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May the Source Be With You
June Edition: A prediction for “Sweet Tooth,”
a comforting podcast from “Frasier”
Happy beginnings of summer, everyone. Now that blockbusters are starting to hit movie theaters again and people are actually going to them (sorry “Tenet”), it feels like things are getting back to normal more than ever. Since I’m a sucker for the theatrical experience, I’ve been psyching myself up for entering the public sector again […]
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The Snyder Cult
“Army of the Dead” mixes zombies and guns
I keep thinking I’ll eventually get sick of zombie movies, but it just never happens. Don’t get me wrong: I’m fully aware that most of them are terrible, but even the worst zombie movie usually has a moment or two worth watching. The truly memorable zombie movies really only need to nail a couple of elements […]
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“French Exit” Slips Away When You Least Expect It
It’s always fun in cinema and television to watch obscenely rich and out-of-touch people lose all of their money and then have to live like us normals. It’s a huge reason why shows like “Arrested Development” and “Schitt’s Creek” were so popular from the jump. But the reasons why shows like that had staying power […]
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No Rabbits. No Hates. Just Magic.
Identity exists in and of itself in this moving live show
A friend recommended I watch some weird-ass little movie on Hulu called “In and Of Itself” and now I can’t think about anything else.
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'Rebuilding Paradise'
Ron Howard’s documentary on the Camp Fire heads to the (outdoor) big screen in Bend
I was born in 1980 at the Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California. My family had lived there since 1964 when my contractor grandfather built the Foster’s Freeze and many other businesses across town. When I was eight, my grandma had me carve my name in wet cement in Paradise’s beautiful Bille Park, a transgression I […]