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Favorite Films: Batman Begins

“Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to pick ourselves up.” By the end of the 20th century, the Batman film franchise had fallen quite far indeed. The 1989 film Batman, directed by Tim Burton, had been a … Continue reading

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Chuck Barris. Songwriter who penned “Palisades Park”. Producer of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. Hit-man for the CIA. Host of The Gong Show. Wait, back up one…. In a 1984 memoir, Chuck Barris purported to have worked for … Continue reading

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Sin City

There were a lot of reasons I was reluctant to watch this movie. I have never been a fan of Frank Miller; while it’s become fashionable in recent years to mock the comic book writer for his gloriously inept All … Continue reading

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