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More tales of mystery and intrigue from the second annual road trip to Chapel Hill, North Carolina… The drive took us 16 hours this time. So much for a faster alternate route. We left on Thursday at about 9:15 and…
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Land of Lincoln
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Review: TITANIC
The Ship of Dreams I remember very clearly that for about six or seven hours, Titanic was the best-kept secret in the world. As the release of James Cameron’s seventh feature film drew towards us in 1997, I had heard all the…
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Review: BATMAN BEGINS
My Life Is A Nightmare I’m still not convinced that the world needs Batman. Batman is, at his core, the superhero world’s finest fascist, a dark-clouded cowboy riding through the hills of urban America with a might-makes-right moral imperium that…
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Anyone fancy a drive to Manitoba?
Leap will make its next public appearance at the Gimli Film Festival in Gimli, which is north of the ‘Peg, in Manitoba. I submitted to this fest based solely upon the use of the name “Gimli.” Hee hee. “Gimli.” The…
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Ass Transfer!: Tales of mystery and intrigue in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Here’s how it went down: The Drive 14½ hours there, 13 hours back. Time difference was due to hitting Washington D.C. at pretty much exactly 5:00 on Friday night – which was a bad idea. The ensuing crawl from D.C.…
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Review: REVENGE OF THE SITH
Triumph of the Whills Revenge of the Sith is about as good as it could ever have been possible for this movie – being episode three of these Star Wars, and also (not coincidentally) the long-storied episode in which The…
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A few things about Woogie
Let me tell you a few things about Woogie. Towards the end, Woogie was not in good shape. The tumour in his cheek that grew over Christmas had receded, but the left side of his face was literally dissolving away.…
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Woogie
1983 – 2004
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Snake Mountain
I just got my Animated Obi-Wan, completing my set of the first wave of Clone Wars animated figures, and making me a very happy boy indeed. I was actually contemplating taking a trip down to the Snail when I opened…