Maybe it was watching “The Big Short” here in Las Vegas, where the housing crash hit so hard and caused so much pain, which not only made the movie pertinent, but intensely personal.
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Read MoreIt’s impossible to ignore.
“Star Wars” comes out tomorrow. Everywhere you look, it’s “Star Wars” this and “Star Wars” that. The movie isn’t even out yet, and I’m already sick of fucking “Star Wars.” I think most other people are sick of it, too.
Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976)
Read More“Trumbo” reminds us that tyranny doesn’t produce any heroes or villains. There are only victims.
Nobody wins. Everybody loses.
Read MoreMost mornings between 1993 and 2000, I walked uptown from the Washington metro to my workplace on Massachusetts Avenue, along what’s fashionably referred to as “Embassy Row.”
A few blocks from DuPont Circle, a lonely-looking man used to stand outside on the sidewalk and silently protest. Rain, shine, or snow, he came every morning. He usually held a sign, sometimes two — one in each hand. Occasionally, he handed out flyers on which something was printed and written, although few if any people on the sidewalk stopped long enough to take one. I passed him by frequently. I never took one.
Read MoreWe tend to gloss over the Gene Hackman’s of our society, those rough-around-the-edges simple soldiers of the stage and silver screen who weren’t and aren’t particularly pretty nor scandalous — the good guy artisans who stuck to their craft, always performing their best, staying out of trouble, and standing to the side while the more famous and glamorous get all the attention.
Marieta Dalla
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Dutch Boyd
Rich Korbin
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