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On "Doubt"

1964 was, for all intents and purposes, a year where the United States stood on the edge of the cliff that gave way to the Vietnam War and the turmoil that it created with the borders of the U.S. It’s in...

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A Look Back at the Original Star Trek Film Series Part 2: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

With the success of the new Star Trek film by JJ Abrams, the time has come to look back at the original film series featuring the cast from the first television series. Starring William Shatner and...

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Here's Looking at You Kid: Woody Allen's 'Play It Again, Sam'

Play It Again, Sam, Herbert Ross’ adaptation of the Woody Allen written Broadway is a love letter to the Hollywood era of the hard boiled Humphrey Bogart ‘man’s man.’ Starring Woody Allen with...

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Proposition 8: The New Separate But Equal

Yesterday, May 26th, the California State Supreme Court upheld the results of the Proposition 8 vote in November which amended the state constitution to place a ban on gay marriage, effectively defining...

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A Look Back at the Original Star Trek Film Series Part I: Star Trek-The Motion Picture

With the success of the new Star Trek film by JJ Abrams, the time has come to look back at the original film series featuring the cast from the first television series. Starring William Shatner and Leonard...

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Sorry Kids. But Kobe is Not One of the Elites

I’m just going to come out and say it.  Kobe Bryant does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as those elites at the top of the NBA’s Mt. Olympus.  Those would be the greats of the game, the...

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A Romantic Comedy That is a Cut Above the Rest: Taking a look at Julie Delpy's '2 Days in Paris'

The love story or any of its multitudes of offshoots and offspring’s has been done so often in cinema that it’s difficult to do something new.  So, when something does come along that attempts to break...

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Star Trek: JJ Abrams Reboots the Future

Somehow, JJ Abrams pulled it off. Star Trek, the series that had beaten itself to death with countless spin offs, tie ins, and sequels has been rejuvenated by Abrams’ ultra-stylized take on the 40 year old...

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The Death of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Future of Print Journalism

    After 146 years in the business, the Hearst owned Seattle Post-Intelligencer shut down their daily newspaper operation as of March 17th, the latest casualty in the slow death march of America’s print...

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The Genesis of Martin Scorsese: Taking a Look at 'Mean Streets'

    It can be an odd experience to watch a famous director’s early films for the first time after being so familiar with their later work.  Often times the voice that seemed so original in the early...

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