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‘Cold November’ Shatters Hollywood Hunting Stereotypes
Some dramas centered on multi-generational women might focus on traditionally female roles like gardening, cooking or sewing. “Cold November” zeroes…
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What Most Critics Missed About ‘Cobra Kai’
“Don’t bring your asthma, or your fake peanut allergies into my dojo,” William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence tells a student during…
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Why Christian Conservatives Should Create, Not Just Critique
Once upon a time, I wanted to change the world. True to Tolstoy’s assertation, I wanted to change the world,…
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These Colorado Towns Made John Wayne Westerns Even Better
The idea for writing a story about films shot in Colorado occurred to me many years ago on a visit…
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No, Violent Video Games Aren’t Producing Young Shooters
Violence in video games has been a hot-button topic as far back as I can remember. In the aftermath of…
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Reviews
‘Neat’ Doc Goes Down Smooth for Purists, Spirit Neophytes
One of my formative experiences with bourbon came around a campfire in rural Georgia. My friends and I had a…
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Decorated Soldier Picks the Best, and Worst, War Movies
I was attending a Christmas party over the holidays and, in the course of conversation, made the following statement: “I…
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‘No Greater Love’ Doc: Stories That ‘Need to Be Told’
We were on patrol in Ganjagal Valley in Afghanistan when our interpreter signaled a halt. He leaned toward his radio.…
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How ‘A Dying King’ Solves a Decades Old Iranian Mystery
I watched Iran’s Green Revolution unfold from my home in Los Angeles, the city where I grew up but not…
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Why Horror Movie Remakes Are Doomed to Fail
Movie remakes have a bad reputation. Horror remakes have it much worse. They’re often dismissed as unoriginal and unnecessary, especially…
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