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June 9, 2024

A Long Time Ago in North-West England

If I was asked to choose the single, most important moment in my life when cinema truly affected me for the first time, I would, without hesitation, say Return of the Jedi on the big screen at a pokey little cinema called The Metro in Ashton-Under-L…

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June 5, 2022

Stand By Me: Stephen King Gets Real

Stephen King is very well known as a supernatural horror novelist, and there is really no mystery as to why.  His early career is a greatest hits of weird literature.  His first three published books were Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, …

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June 5, 2022

The Tao of Emmet Otter: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a surprisingly philosophical little holiday special.  Of course, that’s nothing I would have considered when I was a little kid watching it for the first few times.  Back then, I was respondi…

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