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Posted by on Sep 23, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 4 comments

Fascinated by the Dark Side: Black Mass (Movie Review)

 

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This recipe of Irish Mob stew calls for the following ingredients:  Start with a batch of worthless punks, mix in half a dozen grizzly murders conducted onscreen so creatively they almost take on high-art form, season in lots of tough-guy talk muttered in make-believe accents, script in a couple of hundred derivatives of the word “fuck,” and then tell the entire story in flashback mode, and we’ve got yet another helping of a warmed up leftovers which makes for “Goodfella’s” plus “Donnie Brasco” plus “The Departed,” which all adds up to “Black Mass.”

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Posted by on Feb 22, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 0 comments

2015 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films

 

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Short films grab you.  They make you think.  They take you to interesting places.  They introduce you to people you haven’t met before.  And sometimes, long after leaving the theater, you will find yourself pondering what you saw and the deeper meaning of the film, which are sometimes remarkably complex and even wonderful.

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Posted by on Feb 21, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Sports Betting | 0 comments

My 2015 Oscar Picks and Wagers

 

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It’s Oscar time!  The 87th annual Academy Awards will be shown on ABC Sunday night.  I haven’t missed an Oscar presentation since 1991.  So, this will keep my current streak alive at 24 straight years — and 43 shows out of the last 45 years.  I’m not really that old, but I can still recall my very first Academy Award memory — which was John Wayne winning Best Actor in 1970 for “True Grit.”

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