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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 2
The second installment of Digging for Gold explores more of 1962's hippest tunes. And Gene Pitney
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Black Angels Over Tuskegee”
BOTTOM LINE: An important story told by a group of talented actors; the good outweighs the bad in this under-explored production. I am a firm believer that the best theatre comes out of collaboration
Read More »Political Culture: Maybe Ayn Rand Needed a Little Christmas
I have to admit, I’m a bit conflicted this holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been going through the motions — spending lots of time at home with my family, plotting how I’m
Read More »Film Review: “Inglourious Basterds” (updated for Blu-ray)
Quentin Tarantino's latest arrives in theaters today, and Lance Berry has been dying to tell you all about it
Read More »DVD Review: Charmed Lives–Leigh, Olivier, and “That Hamilton Woman”
In the HBO/BBC co-production Into the Storm, a visibly moved Winston Churchill (played, in an Emmy-winning performance, by Brendan Gleeson) screens his favorite movie, That Hamilton Woman (1941), for guests. Churchill is said to
Read More »The Bigger Picture: Lay Down Your Arms
“Filler” is a term often used by music fans to describe songs that sound like they were quickly put together to take up space on an album in order to “fill out” the running
Read More »No Concessions: Summer Hits and Misses
Summer's over, and it's got Bob Cashill in a reflective mood as he looks back on what worked -- and what didn't -- at the cinema this blockbuster season
Read More »DVD Review: “Miracle at St. Anna”
Miracle at St. Anna opens with a crime: A black postal worker pulls out a German Lugar pistol and kills an Italian man waiting in line to buy stamps. Why did he do it?
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