Category Archives: Movies / TV

Live Long and Prosper LOL

October 29, 2011 – 1:49 pm

Q: How many Klingons does it take to change a lightbulb? A: TWO: One to screw it in, and one to stab the other in the back and take all of the credit. Q: How many Klingons does it take to change a lightbulb? A: NONE: Klingons aren’t afraid of the dark. Q: What do [...]

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WILD IN THE STREETS

October 1, 2011 – 2:41 am

1968 was a time of revolution in Paris, Mexico, Chicago, Saigon, Prague. Most were put down bloodily by the forces of repression. The young attacking the young at the behest of the over-30s. A young writer Robert Thom wrote a short story WILD IN THE STREETS and Hollywood capitalized on its call to trust no [...]

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APOCALYSE NOW The Opening

August 5, 2011 – 11:59 pm
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Steve McQueen – How Cool

July 24, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Steve McQueen was the coolest movie star ever. Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood are living icons, but Steve was the champion of cool. Dead or alive. As a child my brothers, sisters, and I attended Our Lady of the Foothills south of Boston. The parochial grammar school heavily tressed the Four Rs of reading, ‘riting, [...]

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How Hot Was It?

July 19, 2011 – 6:19 pm

“How hot was it?” Ed McMahon. “It was so hot, the musicians were snorting ice cubes.” Johnny Carson The master.

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