I spend too much time on Facebook; I like to see what people are saying. I shame memes and stories that I like; I comment on a few. Sometimes I want to respond to a story but then I decide that a fuller discussion is warranted. This is one of those times. There was an […]

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Now that we have finished with the Top 10 of the unsung comic adaptations, let’s turn our attention to the best of recent years. In terms of time, the forerunners of today’s comic film explosion – Tim Burton’s “Batman,” Richard Lester’s “Superman,” Lester and Richard Donner’s “Superman II” and John Milius’ “Conan The Barbarian are […]

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Over the weekend, one of the movie media links that I like on Facebook published an article about that author’s guilty pleasures – movies that the world either forgot about or considered bad that the writer actually enjoyed. At first, I was going to share the link and put in my own films, but I […]

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I haven’t written much here on the Bill Cosby saga, mostly because there’s very little that I felt I could add. I never doubted the women at all; many of them were telling their stories with no financial upside and no possibility of criminal charges because the statue of limitations had past. Cosby, always most […]

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The most popular horse race in the United States is the Kentucky Derby. People watch the race for many reasons: a harbinger of spring; the hats and fashions; and of course, the race. I think people watch it out of tradition. I avoid the hours of pre-race banter (much as I avoid the hours of […]

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I admit that in the past, I wanted to attend the Cannes Film Festival once, just to say that I had done it. Having attended many years of the Toronto International Film Festival, I think it would be interesting to go to France and experience the festival there. The chances were always pretty long, since […]

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I have said numerous times here that athletes need to be more aware of their behavior because of the prevalence of cameras, monitors, cell phones and social media. Sports media figures need to learn this lesson too. I admit that I have never seen ESPN reporter Britt McHenry, she apparently is a Washington D.C. based […]

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