At 156 minutes, “Da 5 Bloods” is messy, frenzied, vital and astoundingly timely. He draws a perfectly straight line from the Vietnam of the 1970s to the Black Lives Matter movement of today and releases a howl of frustration, pain and rage throughout every second of the film’s runtime.
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October edition
Can we just take a moment to be excited that Halloween is around the corner? I realize for the normies it might just be another random holiday stuffed into another random month, but for folks like me—the real weird ones—the entire month is spent searching for something genuinely scary. As someone who’s been a diehard […]
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August Edition
Look, I realize it’s incredibly impersonal to talk about the weather…especially with you. We’re closer than that. I’d rather find out how your summer has been and whether you’ve been properly hydrating—but I know you have. You’re responsible; I just worry because it’s so hot outside. If you need something to do while cooling down […]
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May Edition
Has it been a month already? Have you missed me as much as I missed you?? Awww, that’s sweet. Anyway, it’s been a rough 30 days since last we spoke, what with “Avengers: Endgame” stomping our hearts into Ant-Man sized pieces and “Game of Thrones” progressively feeling like the world’s deadliest game of musical chairs. […]
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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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Dinner and a Movie
Redmond’s Odem Theater offers a full bar and full menu, plus entertainment
Dinner and a movie is a classic date night—but in the era of Netflix-and-chill dating culture, you may be lucky if your date invests enough time for just the movie, or just the dinner. Date nights for the time-strapped are one thing Ted Eady had in mind when he opened the Odem Theater Pub in […]
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New year edition
Holy heck, everyone! Another year has come and gone and here we are to share it with one another. It’s 2019, which is the year “Blade Runner” took place, so I guess we’re lucky we don’t live in a dystopian nightmare, but we also don’t have flying cars which is somewhat of a disappointment. Podcasts […]
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Watch This: Salt Fat Acid Heat
Looking for some binge-worthy kitchen inspiration? Regardless of your skill level you will fall in love with the four-part food documentary on Netflix, “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” from cook, teacher and author Samin Nosrat. Based on Nosrat’s James Beard Award-winning, and The New York Times bestseller, the series takes you to Japan to learn how salt enhances […]
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Holiday Season Edition
I know. I can’t believe it has been another year, either. It’s heartbreaking to think about how much time I spent listening to podcasts and binging on another silly…just kidding, it’s the greatest. We’re living our best lives, not because we have the spare time to listen to podcasts and watch cool stuff, but because we’re […]
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There’s Only One
A dispatch from an actual customer of the last Blockbuster—right here in Bend
When I called the last Blockbuster on Earth to set up a discussion with general manager Sandi Harding, a clerk had to take a message because she was in the middle of an interview with CBS. About 48 hours earlier, I was in there returning a copy of “Sicario” and buying Season 2 of “Mr. […]