Everything Else

IN CASE YOU WEREN’T FEELING OLD ENOUGH ALL READY…3
by / on July 8, 2013 at 3:01 am / in Everything Else

IN CASE YOU WEREN’T FEELING OLD ENOUGH ALL READY…

We are always trying new things to entertain you here at M.I.L.F. This is something I’ve been doing on my personal Facebook page that I thought I would see how well it translated to the site. Here’s the basic idea… [...]

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I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION2
by / on July 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION

I enjoyed Star Trek Into Darkness.  Good acting, good script, crazy action, awesome villain.  Yep, a perfectly enjoyable film all around.  But there was something that struck me as I watched that epic tale of boldly going etc. etc.  Emotions appeared [...]

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CLICK BAITING TRAGEDY6
by / on June 29, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Editorials, Everything Else

CLICK BAITING TRAGEDY

A little over a week ago, the world lost James Gandolfini. The actor, best known for his lead turn on The Sopranos, died of a heart attack while on vacation in Italy at the age of 51.  He is survived [...]

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OUR FALLIBLE HEROES9
by / on June 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

OUR FALLIBLE HEROES

Once again, I am here to talk to you about movie violence. But I don’t intend to rehash my earlier arguments that I’ve already made clear in posts about Quentin Tarantino, Batman, and collateral damage.  What I want to look [...]

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WE DON’T TAKE KINDLY TO YOUR SORT ROUND HERE8
by / on June 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

WE DON’T TAKE KINDLY TO YOUR SORT ROUND HERE

Here’s a little personal tidbit: I come from a small town in Central New York.  It’s a fairly liberal and prosperous enclave in the midst of a mostly rural area, much of which has been depressed and impoverished for years. [...]

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IT NEVER GETS WEIRD ENOUGH1
by / on June 11, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

IT NEVER GETS WEIRD ENOUGH

I tend to get around to watching certain films months, even years, after their release, even if they’ve been highly recommended to me. They go on my queue and then get moved around time and again until I finally give [...]

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by / on June 4, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO NICOLAS CAGE?

Do you remember a time when Nicolas Cage was not a caricature? Think hard.  I know you can do it.  You might have to scroll back through some of Cage’s screen credits on IMDb to refresh your memory, but there [...]

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by / on June 1, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Editorials, Everything Else

HERE’S TO…FAILURE?

Okay. Rant time. This weekend After Earth, a scifi thriller set in the far future, opens across the globe.  The film is basically sold as a two man show, those two men being box office star Will Smith and his [...]

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by / on May 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

ALL MY FRIENDS

Sunday was Peter Cushing’s birthday.  Yesterday was the birthday of two other horror greats whose names are still coupled with Cushing: Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. Lee is the only one still living, and at 91 the man decided to [...]

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by / on May 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

THE OBSOLETE CRITIC

I have many mixed feelings about what I’m about to say, so bear with me. I went a very traditional route when it came to my approach to film.  Classes in undergrad that turned to a Masters degree at NYU [...]

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