Perhaps unwittingly, idiot arsonists probably started the Pacific Palisades fire. I know nothing, but a voice in the back of my mind is whispering that the new Hughes fire was almost certainly ignited by one or more sociopaths. The only way this really stops is a decent rain, but are the odds? Let’s not even think about the possibility of more Ventura County fires causing havoc in Fillmore, Santa Paula, Camarillo, etc.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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