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‘Taking Care of Maya’ Asks Us Where Do We Draw The Line On Child Abuse

As a country, we have a knee jerk reaction when bad things happen. After Columbine, many schools went down hard saying students had to tuck in their shirts and could only have mesh backpacks, even though the killers had arrived to school later and basically went to shooting in no time. Then after the sinkingContinue reading “‘Taking Care of Maya’ Asks Us Where Do We Draw The Line On Child Abuse”

‘Alice, Darling’ Is An Eye-Opener To Abuse Many People Endure

I’m not surprised that a lot of the audience reviews for Alice, Darling are negative compared the praise from critics.m It’s been reviewed-bombed on imdb.com and Google by people calling it slow or uneventful. If you’re expecting Anna Kendrick in something like Sleeping With the Enemy or Enough, then, you’ll be mistaken. It’s a movieContinue reading “‘Alice, Darling’ Is An Eye-Opener To Abuse Many People Endure”

‘Our Skin’ Represents Our Reality

Earlier this year, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) came under fire when he criticized the teaching of Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race in schools. Apparently, he felt “Jesus Loves Me” was a more appropriate to be taught in schools. This was during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing when Mullin, who wouldn’tContinue reading “‘Our Skin’ Represents Our Reality”

‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ At 35

With a government hearing this week where there was testimony that there are actually aliens and UFOs, it’s no better time to look at Killer Klowns From Outer Space, the cult classic horror-comedy that was released 35 years ago. It was made by the Chiodo Brothers who had been working in the movie industry sinceContinue reading “‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ At 35”

A Friend Indeed, A Friend In Need

For anyone who has following this blog knows that in the first part of 2022, I lost my girlfriend, Kerry, following an illness. We had known each other since we were kids. And we just discovered shortly before the Covid-19 Pandemic that we loved each other more than just friends. Unfortunately, a lot of thingsContinue reading “A Friend Indeed, A Friend In Need”

Why We Owe Sinead O’Connor An Apology

Without Googling it, who is Mehmet Ali Agca? It’s okay if you didn’t know. I didn’t even know and I had to look it up. On May 13, 1981, Agca, a Turkish man, shot at Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square and struck him twice. Agca was apprehended, convicted and sentenced to aContinue reading “Why We Owe Sinead O’Connor An Apology”

‘The Player’ Presents Timely Satire Amidst The WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes

When The Player premiered in the spring of 1992, it was the buzz of Hollywood. Featuring Tim Robbins who was a rising celebrity at the time as a Hollywood executive who is hated by anyone and everyone but they still want a moment of his time, the movie was a biting satire of Hollywood. ItContinue reading “‘The Player’ Presents Timely Satire Amidst The WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes”

Republicans Have Told Us Who They Really Are – Listen To Them

In the nearly 45 years I’ve been alive, I’ve learned that people tell you exactly what they’re thinking when they’re angry. There’s no censor because our emotions get the best of us. Sadly, the Republican Party in America has gotten so angry, they’ve lost that censor a long time ago. These past few weeks, theyContinue reading “Republicans Have Told Us Who They Really Are – Listen To Them”