Category Archives: lesser mediums

Five days later…

Posted on September 28, 2015 by admin

I survived Lost Weekend IV. Not many did. It was grueling: 18 movies over a three.2 day period. Figure hour forty-five, give or take, each, comes out to be 28, 29 hours of movies over a 72 hour period. It’s like going to a … Continue reading →

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And So it Begins…

Posted on September 25, 2015 by admin

Lost Weekend IV, that is, which opened tonight with: In. Tense. Michael Shannon plays a man without a soul while Andrew Garfield plays a man trying to find one. Gotta say, I had far more sympathy for Rick Carver, the satanic realtor portrayed by Shannon, then … Continue reading →

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Busy, busy, busy…

Posted on September 23, 2015 by admin

Not only do I have 4000 pages to read in…now…about three days (see below), Winchester Film Club’s Lost Weekend IV starts tomorrow night. I’m going to see eighteen movies over four days. Death by media.

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STFU

Posted on April 15, 2015 by admin

I am/was a big fan of the show Community, which meant I was a big fan of its producer, Dan Harmon. Yes, “was,” because I just watched a Netflix documentary called Harmontown, and, well, not so much a fan anymore. … Continue reading →

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Busy, busy, busy…

Posted on March 10, 2015 by admin

…the entire past weekend, starting a little early on Thursday when Mother Nature showed up: and dumped 7 1/2 inches on me, turning the construction site next door into a scale model of Murmansk: Before the city allowed installation of a toxic waste dump … Continue reading →

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Two out of Five Ain’t Good

Posted on June 16, 2014 by admin

I don’t mean to turn this into a movie review blog, but I’ve been to a few of the summer blockbusters and feel the need to render opinion. For those of you without the time to linger, here are the one-word … Continue reading →

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The Fonz is Revving the Bike

Posted on April 5, 2014 by admin

I DVR Community; heck, I DVR everything because it’s so much better to zip through commercials than suffer an aneurysm. So, I was prepped for Community‘s GI Joe episode by the blurb and didn’t immediately go “WTF?” when the cartoon … Continue reading →

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The Grand Budapest Hotel: Silly, But a Good Silly

Posted on March 28, 2014 by admin

I belong to a Film Club…well, not so much “belong” as somehow ended up on their Email list and show up at the local Alamo Drafthouse (beer and a movie? I’m there) when they have something that catches my interest. Last … Continue reading →

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Under the Dumb

Posted on August 30, 2013 by admin

I watched the latest episode of Under the Dome off my DVR last night. I erased it. I then cancelled the series. Good Gawd A’mighty, was that dumb. It’s been dumb all along, actually. I’ve only watched (endured) the last … Continue reading →

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Monster-Mania 2013, Day 2…and 3

Posted on August 22, 2013 by admin

Saturday, August 17, was insane. Utterly insane. At least 783,497 people showed up. Well, it seemed like that. I had to park about a mile away down Cooper River Park, which is a happening place in its own right. Some guys … Continue reading →

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