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The first laser was built in 1960 and has been an inspiration in movies ever since.

Despite a long association with science-fiction films, lasers can now be found in movies …
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I grew up in the backwoods of Colorado as a free spirit, something that can be seen when you view my new film, “Regulation.”

The main character, Kaleigh, spends her …
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The “Appalling Stories” series has always been about the villains.

When Ray Zacek, Paul Hair and I developed the idea, we had already been villains ourselves for years. It’s evil …
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HBO’s cultural hegemony is in decline.

The shockingly negative reaction to “Game of Thrones’” final season is just the most vulgar sign of its faded fortunes.

The proliferation of all …
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Five years ago, I served as a congressional intern in Washington, DC and on Capitol Hill for a Member of the United States Congress.

No reason other than my interest …
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Nineteen years ago I rode to Sturgis with my best chum Tom Delaney.

We began in Yankton where Tom loaned me a Road King. As we headed west we joined …
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Cineplex Odeon once played a pair of Universal horror staples, Tod Browning’s “Dracula” and James Whale’s “Frankenstein,” as part of its Classic Film Series.

While I can watch Whale’s film …
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Halloween is my favorite time of year!

Great scary movies abound across the TV landscape. I recently re-watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” and I figured a tennis racket solves the …
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I’ve been an avid movie watcher for 20 years.

By 2015 I was seeing, on average, three films a week at the theater alone. By mid-2016, I got the idea, …
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In Part One of this series, I brought up a question few are asking: what are the victory conditions of the Culture War?

The monopolistic control over mass media that …
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