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Born in Philadelphia the year "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "The Searchers" were released; grew up in NJ, transplanted to the Midwest where I toil in the fields as a writing specialist and instructor at Knox College.
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Reviews in Brief: Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Nuclear power — and one mad scientist's brain-power — unleash the ickiest monsters of the '50s.
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Movie Review: Mon oncle (1958)
Jacques Tati's silent-film-with-sound scolds the new, blows a kiss to the bygone.
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DVD Review: The Great Raid
An exciting recreation of an "inspired-by-actual-events" 1945 mission to rescue P.O.W. survivors of the Bataan Death March.
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DVD Review: Sweet Smell of Success
"I love this dirty town": a lot can happen in a New York minute.
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In Memoriam Richard Fleischer, 1916-2006: Crossing the Narrow Margin
A look at Richard Fleischer's body of work.
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DVD Review: Walk the Line's "One Dark Blot"
Occasionally, Art and Life cooperate, as long as you Walk the Line.
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Searching for Bond
Shouldn't Bill Murray have been the next James Bond?
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Split Infinity: Jon Wagner's Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos
Every other culture has myths set in an imaginary past; modern Western society positions its myths in the future.
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DVD Review: The Last Laugh
F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (1924) is one of those silent films you should watch if you (a) love movies but (b) are wary of silent ones.
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DVD Reviews: A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life
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