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The 2016 TIFF Adventure – Day 5

September 24th, 2016 · No Comments

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 One of the most arresting films I’ve seen over the years was Nobody Knows, a film about kids left on their own in an apartment when the mother left them to try and survive alone. Being Japanese, this was especially interesting since one never thinks of this occurring in an Asian […]

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Three Sportscasters Down

August 11th, 2016 · No Comments

Often, sports fans see and hear the talking heads on television or radio and say: I can do that. (As someone who worked in television, I have that feeling whenever I see Jeremy Schapp on television – if it weren’t for his dad…) The good and great broadcasters add insightful analysis, become like friends, and […]

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Hope Springs Eternal

August 5th, 2016 · No Comments

With the Opening Ceremonies of the Rio Olympic Games happening tonight, a small ray of light may glimmer in the darkness of the upcoming Games. It seems that everywhere you look, there’s some article or television piece that blasts the Games, the IOC, and Rio. Even I at evilopinion have reported on the problems with […]

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Goodbye To Two More

June 28th, 2016 · No Comments

2016 has been a monster to too many cultural icons: Parliament/Funkadelic’s keyboardist supreme Bernie Worrell, Anton Yelchin, Maurice White, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, Bowie, Prince. We lost Abe Vigoda and Alan Rickman Away from music, we of course had Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe barely days apart. Well, this morning we lost two more sports […]

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What’s Wrong With Ghostbusters?

June 4th, 2016 · No Comments

As we get closer to the July opening of the new Ghostbusters movie, the backlash has been just brutal. The fact that the iconic comedians from the original: Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd have limited participation, and of course Harold Ramis has passed away, is one big problem, but lots of people seem to have […]

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A Step In The Right Direction On “The Worldwide Leader?”

April 27th, 2016 · No Comments

It seems like everyone knew that ESPN was planning on life after Skip Bayless; the controversial columnist who hosts the network’s “First Take” show with fellow embarrassment Stephen A. Smith. His contract was apparently not being renewed and his contract expires in August, but he announced today that he is leaving ESPN next week. As […]

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Pride Goeth Before A Fall

April 25th, 2016 · No Comments

You must know that I love to read – I read all the time. And I love to read newspapers: I’m old fashioned, I know, but I read both Chicago dailies everyday and add the New York Times on Sundays. I am a big fan of good columnists like Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun-Times […]

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