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“Dick, sometimes I understand why they hate you.” Nixon, 30 years gone

Posted on April 22, 2024 by ksedinger

A few days after Richard Nixon died (on this date, 1994), I was out riding around with my father as he did some errands. We stopped at the post office in the town where we lived, and Dad noticed that … Continue reading →

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Streaming Killed the Cinema Star

Posted on March 16, 2024 by ksedinger

This is a topic that just keeps coming up, and up, and up on social media: seeing movies in the theater versus waiting to stream at home. The latest go-round of this topic came up just in the last day … Continue reading →

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On Character: SCHINDLER’S LIST

Posted on February 11, 2024 by ksedinger

I love a great bit of character writing, and this is terrific. By way of set-up: at this point we’re probably, oh, two hours into the movie. Oskar Schindler started the film by using Jewish investors’ money to buy a … Continue reading →

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Two Musicals

Posted on January 28, 2024 by ksedinger

Last week I watched not one but two musical movies. These two movies are about as different from one another as you can imagine; in fact, about the only thing they have in common is that they are musical movies. … Continue reading →

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“Let’s get the shit kicked out of us by love!” (A slightly-edited repost)

Posted on December 26, 2023 by ksedinger

This is a slightly-modified repost of something I first wrote years ago, back in the Byzantium’s Shores days. It’s fresh on my mind because The Wife and I rewatched Love Actually last night, and it’s the first time I’ve seen it in … Continue reading →

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

Posted on December 11, 2023 by ksedinger

It’s that time of year again: the annual debate over whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie! My personal opinion is that this one’s easy: yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. But a friend on Facebook made an interesting … Continue reading →

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“The poor man can’t concentrate for more than an hour. YOU gave him four.”

Posted on November 5, 2023 by ksedinger

The title quote comes from Amadeus, when Mozart protests to Salieri that his new opera, The Marriage of Figaro, has closed after just nine performances. The opera’s fate, according to the film, was doomed when Emperor Joseph II of Austria yawned during … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 25, 2023 by ksedinger

Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming movie Maestro today, and let me tell you…I am well-and-truly excited to see this movie. It will be on Netflix in late December, right in time for my Christmastime vacation. I’ve watched this trailer … Continue reading →

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Two sentences each on some movies we’ve watched recently

Posted on August 27, 2023 by ksedinger

I don’t have much in depth to say about some of these, so I’ll limit myself to two sentences each! ::  Happiness for Beginners: This cheerful and utterly unsurprising rom-com, which unfolds on a hiking trip, is worth watching for some … Continue reading →

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No, Robert AND Bruce. Not Robert THE Bruce. That’s different.

Posted on August 20, 2023 by ksedinger

I’ve seen a few of these photos surfacing online the last few months, and they make me really happy because there’s a kind of absurdity going on. These are behind-the-scenes snapshots from JAWS, featuring actor Robert Shaw and “Bruce” the Shark, … Continue reading →

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