What I mostly remember about the show is the argument my father and grandmother had about it. My visiting grandmother said something about how the Huxtables didn't quite seem "authentic" enough because they were a well-off black family in a nice house with nice clothes; my father lost patience with her."What parents…
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What I mostly remember about the show is the argument my father and grandmother had about it. My visiting grandmother said something about how the Huxtables didn't quite seem "authentic" enough because they were a well-off black family in a nice house with nice clothes; my father lost patience with her."What parents…
One of the most awesome fight scenes ever, with Chingachgook delivering the final blow against one of the best movie villains ever, in a beautiful place with beautiful people running around. Great, great movie. Wish I could fight with an axe…
One of the most awesome fight scenes ever, with Chingachgook delivering the final blow against one of the best movie villains ever, in a beautiful place with beautiful people running around. Great, great movie. Wish I could fight with an axe…
"Suburbs" is a big word. The "suburb" where I live is many, many Latin and Asian immigrant families and the markets and restaurants that serve them, along with the older black and white families that first bought houses here in the 1950s-1970s. "The "urban" environment where I lived for a bit out of school was much…
"Suburbs" is a big word. The "suburb" where I live is many, many Latin and Asian immigrant families and the markets and restaurants that serve them, along with the older black and white families that first bought houses here in the 1950s-1970s. "The "urban" environment where I lived for a bit out of school was much…
If you need another Robert Mitchum fix, and who doesn't, I recently watched Foreign Intrigue on Netflix. Not a noir, more of a spy thriller/slow building international mystery. Slightly unusual, but fun and worthwhile.
If you need another Robert Mitchum fix, and who doesn't, I recently watched Foreign Intrigue on Netflix. Not a noir, more of a spy thriller/slow building international mystery. Slightly unusual, but fun and worthwhile.
Love Bud White. Just another man against violence against women.
Love Bud White. Just another man against violence against women.
The Brontë sisters must have been a bit…intense. Miles away from Jane Austen's genteel world. Years ago I visited the creepy forbidding parsonage in Yorkshire where the Brontës grew up - rainy, desolate, forbidding, surrounded by graves. No wonder. Wuthering Heights is actually a little hard to read because of the…
The Brontë sisters must have been a bit…intense. Miles away from Jane Austen's genteel world. Years ago I visited the creepy forbidding parsonage in Yorkshire where the Brontës grew up - rainy, desolate, forbidding, surrounded by graves. No wonder. Wuthering Heights is actually a little hard to read because of the…
Well, this is late, but Oldboy. Goodness gracious. Take away the brutal violence (wow) and the perverse sex (WOW) and there's no movie left at all. Not for the dainty and not for viewing with the folks.
Well, this is late, but Oldboy. Goodness gracious. Take away the brutal violence (wow) and the perverse sex (WOW) and there's no movie left at all. Not for the dainty and not for viewing with the folks.
We like the tragedy thing but could you make it less depressing? Great!
We like the tragedy thing but could you make it less depressing? Great!
They've mutilated some perfectly good Dr. Seuss books by turning them into movies this past, oh, decade or so. So maddening.
They've mutilated some perfectly good Dr. Seuss books by turning them into movies this past, oh, decade or so. So maddening.
As a parent, one is called upon to endure a certain level of entertainment-related horror. I took my children to The Lorax, for example. But this…this verges on torture porn. This marketing genius may not understand the limits of parents. Teletubbies on TV are fine, because then a parent can escape and tune out. Not…
As a parent, one is called upon to endure a certain level of entertainment-related horror. I took my children to The Lorax, for example. But this…this verges on torture porn. This marketing genius may not understand the limits of parents. Teletubbies on TV are fine, because then a parent can escape and tune out. Not…