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Misfits in Reno

From Around the World in 80 Movies and its chapter for animal lovers, "The Misfits in Reno" features my lawnmowers, the neighborhood...

Contagion catches fire

A few weeks before the movie Contagion turned into a streaming phenomenon, I re-watched my DVD of it, spurred by memories of a believable...

What Desperation in Ely?

A stay in Ely led Stephen King to write his Desperation book and teleplay, but my travels there for the city's film festival showed...

Memories of Leo

From Debbie Anderson, personal assistant to Leo Buscaglia, author of the #5 bestselling book of the 1980s, Living, Loving and Learning:...

The Invisible Man*

With a current culture reboot, The Invisible Man more accurately qualifies as “The Invisible Man’s Girlfriend” by taking a twist on the...

Downhill

Expectations get caught in an avalanche and slide away with the so-called comedy Downhill. Instead of the broad, character-driven laughs...

Oscars so Red

When Academy members chose their lineup of best movies from 2019, they faced another round of “Oscars so White” criticism—but not when it...

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