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Machete Kills is a sequel to 2010’s Machete, a film directly inspired by the fake Grindhouse trailers that were presented in the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double feature from 2007. If you’re not familiar with Robert Rodriguez or only his Spy Kids films, then you should do a little research. If you’re familiar with…
Dead In Tombstone is a direct to video action film set in the “old west” starring Danny Trejo as the leader of a gang that is wanted dead or alive. Anthony Michael Hall is his half-brother and Mickey Rourke is Lucifer. A big score is established and the gang heads out. Unfortunately Danny Trejo’s character…
This is going to be a problem. I am looking across the table right now at something the kids will get so used to having when the inevitable supply chain dry up happens I don’t know if they will be able to cope. I am talking about the Scholastic book order. This picture doesn’t even…
1969’s The Undeafeated opens with a shot of a Confederate flag in tatters but the Civil War is still going on. The Union (led by John Wayne) advances behind a round of cannon fire and the battle is over as quickly as it begins. This, however, is only an introduction to the setting as news…
Clark Gable stars as Jack, the main character in Call Of The Wild, a 1935 film adaptation (the first) of Jack London’s popular 1903 novel. William Wellman directed the picture, and if that name means nothing to you don’t know film history. He directed the first Academy Award winner for Best Picture as well as…
I’m on an errand with Xavier, who is three and a half years old. We pass by the Library and he remarks, “There’s the library. It’s where a lot of good books live. And some not so good ones.” Allow me to share my two thoughts on his remarks. First – there’s the obvious. He…
It’s the first day back to the routine. The kids are back in school and I have a few hours to myself. The morning went well and nobody was late. There is a lot to write about. I have several thoughts about music. There’s the interchange I had with my youngest which I found amusing….
I didn’t run this last week because I was in the middle of my annual Beatles Week. Well, that, and I didn’t have any really good pictures from Christmas. I will share what I have and a couple of others from the past couple of weeks. Let’s start with Christmas. Here’s Kyle doing… something. …
“You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” For me, this is one of those songs that typifies what a B-side is. It’s definitely not something you would necessarily find on an album (well, the White Album, yeah). This was the flip side to the “Let It Be” single, the penultimate 45 the band would…
“I’m Down” This song was written almost solely by Paul, according to BeatleSongs and recorded the same day as “Yesterday” and ultimately released as the B-side to “Help!”. Tell Me Why describes George’s solo as “his most confidently unhinged yet” and praises the song’s general rock and roll roots harkening shades of Little Richard. We…