The Women The witty and wise 1939 screen version of The Women, based on Clare Booth Luce’s play and helmed by “woman’s director” George Cukor, has been unfortunately refashioned as […]
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The House Bunny According to the Internet Movie Database, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has appeared as himself (or a variation thereof) in over 150 movies, TV shows and video productions, […]
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‘Succession’
FLOWERS CHANGED the face of the planet. Without them, the world we know – even man himself- would never have existed. Francis Thompson, the English poet, once wrote that one […]
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The dark side of AI
As a teen in the 80’s I was intrigued by the prospect of artificial intelligence, or AI. While a lot of people, when they think of AI, think of high […]
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New release: Traitor
Traitor Tackling terrorism on screen is a dicey proposition, often resulting in a push-pull dynamic of trying to make an entertaining crowd-pleaser that nevertheless can’t forget its civic duty to […]
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Elegy After suffering through the sight of Ben Kingsley disgracing himself as Guru Tugginmypudha in Mike Myers’ summer flop The Love Guru, it seemed reasonable to assume that it would […]
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The dark side of AI
As a teen in the 80’s I was intrigued by the prospect of artificial intelligence, or AI. While a lot of people, when they think of AI, think of high […]
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New releases: Elegy, House Bunny, etc.
Elegy After suffering through the sight of Ben Kingsley disgracing himself as Guru Tugginmypudha in Mike Myers’ summer flop The Love Guru, it seemed reasonable to assume that it would […]
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Passing Time
One of the basic shapes of human habitations – four walls and sloping roof – is generally seen by children as a living organism, with its windows for eyes and […]
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Theater – Defining sanity downward
Never were the follies of war so poignantly captured as in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. From the black marketing of army goods to the intricacies of military bureaucracy, Heller shows that […]
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Pop quiz, hotshot. Which line of dialogue does not appear in a Star Wars movie? A) “May the Force be with you.” B) “Join me, and together we can rule […]
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Theatre: Righteous rap
The first thing you notice about the children dancing and singing their way across the room is that they’re good. Not just that they’re talented, which, they are. These children […]