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Month: August 2016

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I Saw Joe Dante’s THE MOVIE ORGY and Lived to Tell the Tale

Aug 11, 2016 Nathanael Hood 1

There couldn’t have been more than 50 of us. Many came wearing baseball caps and shorts, toting satchels and backpacks. More than a few wore tennis shoes. As for myself, I wore a loose V-neck […]

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Living and Learning in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

Aug 10, 2016 Cassie Brown 0

Dame Maggie Smith has taught us lessons for years. But she may have reached her prime before becoming a dame, when she starred in the 1969 Academy Award winning From the screenwriter of Cabaret and Funny Lady, Jay Presson […]

Movies

Brutal ‘Angel’: Music, Violence, and the Irish Cinema

Aug 8, 2016 Wade Sheeler 0

by David Sharp “You know men. They start out Angels, and they end up brutes.” -The Bride (Lisa Ann McLaughlin) This, essentially, is the thesis of Angel, the 1982 directorial debut of Neil Jordan, the […]

Movies

A Visually Stunning Journey to the Center of the Earth

Aug 3, 2016 The Retro Set 2

  by Guest Contributor Pamela Vetter Jules Verne’s novels were required reading when I was in high school. It marked my first exposure to literary exploration. As the words transported the reader Around the World […]

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