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The Not Quite #4: Paper Mask (1990)
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Read more: The Not Quite #4: Paper Mask (1990)When I think back over my ‘career’ as a teacher and journo, hardly anybody asked to see my qualifications or took the trouble to check my references. I certainly landed my first job as a trainee reporter without the slightest sniff around. I also expected to be given a form of ID to help reassure…
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Orphan: First Kill
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Read more: Orphan: First KillThe original Orphan was a “real slice of trash deserving of a long shelf life,” as our own Matt Cale wrote in his excellent review of the crafty and relentlessly entertaining 2009 thriller. “Or at least until Esther rises from her watery grave for a sequel.” Thirteen years later, we finally have that sequel (actually…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 26
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 26Movie: In The Heat Of The Night Rod Steiger won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Police Chief Bill Gillespie, but the great Sidney Poitier is the powerhouse in yet another movie that showcases ugly racism. Anyone of lesser stature and presence could not have survived the racist headwinds in Sparta, Mississippi. Mr. Colbert,…
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Going Mobile Could Be the Future of Online Casinos
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Read more: Going Mobile Could Be the Future of Online CasinosIn the United States, online gambling is a $9.5 billion industry composed primarily of sports betting and casino games like poker. In September 2021, about 10% of U.S. adults who bet on casino games in person and online did so at least once a week. Online casinos allow players to gamble using a computer or…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 25
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 25Movie: 12 Angry Men This movie is one of the greatest classics ever made and is Sidney Lumet’s masterpiece. One thing that makes movies great is scintillating dialogue and memorable, riveting scenes. As the temperature rose and the deliberations dragged on, something was bound to give. What boiled over was the revelation of the vicious…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 24
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 24Movie: Freaks Freaks was movie that was made in 1932 about a traveling carnival in France. There is one word that rises above all others in praise for this unusual and disturbing film. That word is authenticity. This movie was made with, and about human beings who were indeed freaks, inflicted with various defects from…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 23
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 23Movie: The Godfather The Godfather is full of memorable scenes, like the dramatic shooting at the Italian Restaurant. It was a shocking scene, but there is another one that is even more dramatic and a lot more controversial. Yes, I’m referring to the horse head in the bed scene, of course. Virtually everyone has seen…
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The Not Quite #2: Demon Seed (1977)
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Read more: The Not Quite #2: Demon Seed (1977)Technology is already turning people into mindless dicks. Take the smart kettle, a piece of hi-tech hardware that enables someone to use a phone to get it to boil. It can be switched on during a homeward journey because, you know, life becomes unbearably stressful if you have to wait two minutes for hot water.…
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Morbius (2022)
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Read more: Morbius (2022)Sucking blood This is totally insane, and probably nothing like any movie-review you ever read, or are ever going to read, but here goes. If my name was Morbius, I probably too would drink human blood. With that sort of name, I’d might as well call myself Dracula and move into a castle in Transylvania.…
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A Face In The Crowd (1957)
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Read more: A Face In The Crowd (1957)A Face In The Crowd made me sick. I hated everything about it. I wanted to reach through the flatscreen and punch Andy Griffith’s grinning mug. Why? Because every minute of this movie reminded me of our sitting Idiot In Chief, Donald Trump. This movie was made in 1957 and was as white as Wonder…