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Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

In thinking about the long proliferation of big budget science fiction fantasy films, more specifically Star Wars, its sequels and reboots, I was reminded of this little debate of long ago with noted film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert defending the franchise against John Simon’s disparaging comments

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, June 19, 2023

Today on TCM:

How does it feel to be a decent, respectable married man?

Dick Powell’s Everyman faces a mid-life crisis, including a far more considerable threat to his well being in the form of Raymond Burr’s jealous contractor in Pitfall (1948),

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