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‘Cape Fear’ Shows How Extreme Fathers Go To Protect Their Families

I haven’t seen the Cape Fear series and I’ve only seen parts of the 1962 version. But the 1991 version directed by Martin Scorsese as a followup to Goodfellas brought him the best commercial success of his career so far. While the original with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum is set in the last daysContinue reading “‘Cape Fear’ Shows How Extreme Fathers Go To Protect Their Families”

No Matter The Facts In Kohen Wiley’s Death, Some People Don’t Care

There’s a tasteless joke I once heard, “What does a black woman get when she has an abortion? $500 from CrimeStoppers.”D.L. Hughley said as a mere child a police officer slapped him hard for something that he’s going to do. The same people who wonder why Karmelo Anthony brought a knife to a track meetContinue reading “No Matter The Facts In Kohen Wiley’s Death, Some People Don’t Care”

Fade Out For Gene Shalit

There’s an old saying of “There’s a face for radio.” And Gene Shalit may not have had the preppy looks of Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings, but he made film criticism worth watching with his witty puns and on-camers enthusiasm.His distinct look which consisted of a brushy moustache, frizzy Afro-styled hair, horn-rimmed glasses and bowContinue reading “Fade Out For Gene Shalit”

Please Remember The Victims Of The Pulse Orlando Massacre 10 Years Ago

Ten years have passed since the June 12, 2016 mass shooting at Pulse, a gay bar/dance club in Orlando. Forty-nine people were killed that night: Stanley Almodovar III, 23 Amanda Alvear, 25 Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26 Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 Martin Benitez Torres, 33 Antonio D. Brown, 30 Darryl R. Burt II,Continue reading “Please Remember The Victims Of The Pulse Orlando Massacre 10 Years Ago”