WARNING: Major spoilers ahead!! If you haven’t seen this season, please be aware. The final two episodes of season four of Stranger Things also titled Volume 2 were about four hours long. And what an emotional four hours it was. The Surfer Pizza van full of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) and his brother, Jonathan (CharlesContinue reading “‘Stranger Things’ Shows Us Men Need To Express Their Emotions More”
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America Is Going Through Its Own Period Of The Troubles
As I’m writing this, news is coming out of the Midwest of yet another mass shooting. This one happened in Highland Park, Ill., leaving six people dead and about 20 injured as of this posting. Once again, the shooter is a white male in his early 20s. Once again, it happened at a public eventContinue reading “America Is Going Through Its Own Period Of The Troubles”
Public Prayer Ruling Is A Solution In Search Of A Lot Of Problems
While overly zealous Christians in America are happy that the case of forner coach Joe Kennedy who was let go from the Bremerton, Wash. school district for a prayer on the 50-yard-line that turned very public, they may have made it harder for their cause. Come the first of August, many football programs will beginContinue reading “Public Prayer Ruling Is A Solution In Search Of A Lot Of Problems”
Women Came Into Their Own In Many Ways In 1990s Movies
Without a doubt as the 1990s came upon people, times were changing. Women were allowed to be sexy instead of sex objects. Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock duked it out in the theaters on who could give off the more “Girl Next Door” vibes. But there was more going around in these movies. Hillary ClintonContinue reading “Women Came Into Their Own In Many Ways In 1990s Movies”
‘Belfast’ Tells A Story We’ve Seen Too Many Times Before
A movie like Belfast has been made before, and probably will be made again many times I suspect. Directors love to make semi-autobiographical movies. John Boorman did it with Hope and Glory. Barry Levinson did it with Avalon. Greta Gerwig did it with Ladybird. You’d almost wish they’d just do a movie about themselves butContinue reading “‘Belfast’ Tells A Story We’ve Seen Too Many Times Before”
Conservatives May Have Won The Battle But They’ll Likely Lose The War
For a while, we knew this day was coming. But it still came as a surprise to some that the U.S. Supreme Court voted with a 6-3 vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. This ruling was announced earlier today and for many states that have been fighting to get abortion banned, it’s going to beContinue reading “Conservatives May Have Won The Battle But They’ll Likely Lose The War”
‘The Janes’ Presents An Uglier Truth About Abortion Before Roe v. Wade
The Janes begins with an interviewee telling us something that many probably never considered. She’s speaking of a time in the 1960s in which she had to get an abortion and had to go through the Mafia for services. And it made sense. If the Mafia could make a dollar and a cent off somethingContinue reading “‘The Janes’ Presents An Uglier Truth About Abortion Before Roe v. Wade”
‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’ Exposes FLDS And Religion In General
At one moment in the four-part docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, one of the women who was part of the religious cult, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, says she had no idea of who the President was. The people of the FLDS were kept such in isolation they had no ideaContinue reading “‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’ Exposes FLDS And Religion In General”
Why Juneteenth Is Important (Even If You Don’t Think It is)
If I remember correctly, two or three weeks passed after Sept. 11, 2001 when I was working as a reporter for the Americus Times-Recorder in Americus, Ga., when I was assigned to go to some Civil War event at nearby Andersonville, Ga. Apparently every year, all these re-enactors would fire off their rifles in memoryContinue reading “Why Juneteenth Is Important (Even If You Don’t Think It is)”
Bad Fathers And Their Effects Blossoms At Center Of ‘Magnolia’
Being that it’s Father’s Day, dads are often portrayed poorly in the movies. I don’t know why, but I think it comes from the fact that mothers were often considered the homemakers while fathers were the breadwinners. As long as they provided a house and money for food and resources, their job was done. PaulContinue reading “Bad Fathers And Their Effects Blossoms At Center Of ‘Magnolia’”
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