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TCM Classic Film Festival 2017: THE RETRO SET PICKS

Mar 24, 2017 The Retro Set 4

Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler sit down to discuss, debate and tear their hair out over the most exciting TCM Classic Film Festival EVER! It’s time once again for THE RETRO SET PICKS! Well, it’s […]

Shithead
Opinion

And I Don’t Need One Other Thing…Except My Dog: 35 Years of Shithead

Dec 31, 2014 Jill Blake 1

Everyone agrees the perfect dog has certain qualities that make him Man’s Best Friend: loyalty, strength, good temperament, intelligence, obedience. As a kid, I held Lassie up as the model for the perfect family dog: Trapped in the […]

Movies

Lavish Cynicism: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981)

Jul 28, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

By Kyle Turner I have a strange soft spot for incredibly cynical movie musicals; films that deconstruct the very idealism that the genre set out to peddle. From a deep appreciation of Lars von Trier’s […]

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