Who doesnât love a good character actor sighting? Also known as a âthat guyâ, a character actor raises the level of any movie he or she appears in; if I…
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Charlie Recksieck
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A good âEaster eggâ, like pornography, is hard to define, but we know it when we see it. Some of these extras for fans are basically trivia, some are namechecks…
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Bob Cashill
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The state of Israel–heartache, anger, reflection, laughter (and a hot tub).
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Rob Ross
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This had to happen and I’m glad it did. From a personal standpoint, this completes my collection of The Bongos and Bongos-related items on CD. It’s an album that I’ve…
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Charlie Recksieck
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The moviegoer’s version of sending your meal back. Try it, it’s liberating. Â
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Charlie Recksieck
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A “People Talking in Rooms” Movie is this: The actions or interactions or conflict between characters in these movies are about what they say, not what they do
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Charlie Recksieck
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At some point, offbeat punctuation in band names stopped meaning anythingâand became just another way of looking like everyone else.
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Rob Ross
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After a period of silence and retreating back to my “comfort food” diet of The Beatles, The Who, Big Star, etc., it’s nice to hear something new and uplifting in…
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Bob Cashill
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A sort-of musical of madness, and Shakespeare in the park.
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David Medsker
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Itâs nice to see a young band that knows how to play.
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Charlie Recksieck
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My Instagram feed/algorithm is pretty ponderous; itâs a steady diet of old baseball cards, great music clips, and things like the opening credits to âLove, American Style.â What does that…
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Ted Asregadoo
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What happens when a washed-up wedding-band frontman writes the best song of his life — and someone famous steals it? Paul Rudd anchors “Power Ballad,” a predictable but irresistibly joyful ride through the brutal side of the music business.
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Charlie Recksieck
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Every major city likes to believe it has a âmusic scene.â Sometimes thatâs true – Minneapolis in the â80s, Seattle in the â90s, Atlantaâs hip hop 2000s. But often âsceneâ…
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Charlie Recksieck
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Not long ago,  I wrote about how lots of us wish there were more movies about and for grownups as opposed to intellectual property / superhero movies. I was wondering,…
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Charlie Recksieck
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Letâs get right into it and present the sports all-pro teams for the Big 4 sports of movie and TV stars. Keep in mind, these are the best pro careers…
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Charlie Recksieck
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I had an English professor who used to preach to my class, âWhy is a cliche a cliche? Because it works.â I understood his point in context and especially about…
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Ted Asregadoo
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Synth-drenched and cinematic, The Midnight’s “Syndicate” treats ’80s nostalgia as raw material â repurposing it into a darkly relevant and danceable record.
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Bob Cashill
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Lost boys, dog days and more as the 2025-2026 season ends.
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Ted Asregadoo
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Bob Dylan’s post-’70s output may get overlooked by classic rock radio, but from 1980 onward he produced plenty of radio-friendly gems. Here are ten that deserved â and still deserve â a spot in heavy rotation.
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Charlie Recksieck
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CHUNNEL (1995) â â Âœ â A (Adult/General Audience) â THEATRICAL Action Thriller The U.S. presidentâs daughter is trapped between England and France in the Channel Tunnel following an explosion that…
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Ted Asregadoo
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Single Play features four artists navigating big feelings with style and craft. Portland’s The Builders and the Butchers find hope in the chaos on their latest album No Tomorrow; singer-songwriter Allie Sandt pays tribute to a charming upstate New York antique dealer; Coco Bans and Liv Slania turn personal grief into something transcendent; and Portland’s Trebants conjure vintage Mancini cool. Four songs worth your time.
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Charlie Recksieck
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I just saw the movie Fantasy Life the other day and really enjoyed it. Itâs a vintage indie film like those of Nicole Holofcener; a film that is not going…
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Charlie Recksieck
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Itâs corny to open an article or even a school essay with a definition. Â If I were an English teacher, that would be a dealbreaker. Â âWebsterâs defines …â – record-scratch:…
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Charlie Recksieck
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Some artist reactions to their audiencesâ reactions are clichĂ©.  Hell, some angry artists are just clichĂ©s to the point of being caricatures; I would say Noel Gallagher and Morrissey should…
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