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‘The Running Man’ Stumbles Too Much Through Tired Dystopia Cliches
Back when Stephen King wrote The Running Man, it might have seemed like a nice short novel about a dystopia world. Published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, it was the second novel he had published under the name set in a Fascist cruel world. Yet the bleakness of 1970s paranoia gave us numerous sci-fi movies with dark and depressing tones, so it…
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Super Bowl
No matter what happened on Sunday at the Super Bowl, those on the right were going to act like it was a win for them. There’s a line from the movie The American President where a character says, “How do you have patience for people who claim they love America, but clearly can’t stand Americans?” And I think it’s getting worse now. The Super…
‘The Muppet Show’ Special Lacks What Made Original Series Work So Well
Forty-five years ago, The Muppet Show ended after a five-year run as Jim Henson and company turned their attention to movie making and other ventures like Fraggle Rock. It was a good call by Henson because times were changing. The show was mostly a parody of the variety shows which were all the rave back in the 1970s. What made the show so wonderful was it was…
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