While on break, I wanted to see a number of movies, and I got to the two I most wanted to see: Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” (“DU”) and Judd Apatow’s “This is 40.” I have always been a Tarantino fan, so the latest film was highest on the list. I don’t generally like today’s gross […]

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It’s the end of the year and the year end Billboard magazine came out this week, and it was a fairly grim year for music if you just look at the charts. Adele’s “21” CD was first place in sales again for the second year in a row; the first time that feat has ever […]

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There is nothing that gets Chicago fans riled up more than the Bears. When they’re winning, people are happier and to many, the sun shines brighter, it’s warmer, life is just better. When they aren’t, the skies are grey; people are grumpy. When the Bears won their first 7 of 8 games, fans thought the […]

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• I hope that everyone is happy that I didn’t jump on the Obama wins – I told you so bandwagon. There’s enough people and organizations making jokes and ridiculing Republicans without me. However, as I posted on Facebook last week, the country has serious problems and liberals don’t have the market cornered on ideas. […]

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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise, and the celebrations are everywhere. The Toronto International Film Festival is having a 007 exhibition; numerous books have been published, including new editions of the Ian Fleming originals. And the latest in the series “Skyfall” opens in the US today after already having […]

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Just when you thought that George Lucas couldn’t get any richer, it was announced that Lucas sold Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic, and the rest of the Lucas film empire to Disney for $4.05 billion, $2 billion reportedly in cash. The first announcement from “The House of Mouse” was that Star Wars – Episode […]

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Several short stories: • First, I don’t understand cheating and losing. I mean, if you are going to all the effort of breaking the rules, your rules breaking should be successful. So, I don’t understand the San Diego Chargers. Apparently, the NFL is investigating whether the San Diego Chargers used a banned sticky substance during […]

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