I’ve always been partial to graveyards. Growing up, when I wasn’t at the movies, I was traipsing through bone orchards. I never got into grave rubbings. Instead I liked to create histories of the people that were planted there. There’s…
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So many have asked me, “What is it like to be a film critic?” Well, actually the only person that ever asked me was a nine-year-old boy who is mentally challenged, but it’s a good question, and after reviewing movies…
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Fame today is so arbitrary. You can have a mediocre voice and win a spot on American idol, or humiliate yourself on national TV by being lowered into a glass case filled with live rats. But at one…
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A few years ago I went through a stupid health crisis. I had to endure chemo and radiation treatments for about a month. But all of that still was better than sitting through Rent: the movie. I really hate discussing…
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I used to appear weekly on Frank De Caro’s radio show (with wonderful co-host Doria Biddle) and talk about Blu-rays and DVDs coming out and people would call in and ask why I didn’t have my own website. I never…
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