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The Bond who didn't

dismh8 — 2008-07-03T12:07:05-05:00

Six actors have played Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond since 1962. All but one have done multiple turns at the role. But there was a Bond who didn't "bond" with audiences. He made only one film in the role and...

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The old Bel Air Theatre

dismh8 — 2008-07-03T10:07:16-05:00

It's where I saw my first movie on a big screen-"The Sword and the Stone". It was where my brothers took me to see "Son of Captain Blood" where I sat transfixed at the size of the pirate ship in front of me. It was...

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Today's movie quiz

dismh8 — 2008-07-03T05:07:16-05:00

This film shares it's name with a wacky UFO cult that famously ended in tragic suicides. Though the dollars involved in it's making don't seem like alot today, back when it was made it was such a colossal failure...

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political impressions

dismh8 — 2008-07-02T02:07:28-05:00

Ever since my friend Jeffrey told me he was falling to the forces of irrationality and declared "I can't vote for John McCain---his arms are too short!", I've been consumingly aware of how right he is. McCain'...

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The Answer is............

dismh8 — 2008-07-02T09:07:59-05:00

The answer to yesterday's movie trivia was..................."Mildred". Sorry, there were no winners. We will roll the jackpot over and begin again! In the meantime, thank you for playing BOWLING FOR FURNITURE!!!!!!

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Today's movie trivia

dismh8 — 2008-07-01T07:07:18-05:00

In the great film adaptation of Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", evil Nurse Ratchett is referred to only twice by her first name. What is it?

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a middle-aged concern

dismh8 — 2008-06-30T09:06:21-05:00

I've just finished reading an article about a situation that worries me possibly more than any other as I head into my own personal autumn. It's the incredible number of Doctors who are closing their practices...

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riding the current

dismh8 — 2008-06-29T08:06:44-05:00

Is it a good thing or a bad thing when you don't feel the impulse to consider deep things? Is it a sign of confidence and awareness of one's limits or is it just mental atrophy manifest? I have days where t

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Dog Day Morning

dismh8 — 2008-06-29T09:06:14-05:00

Despite the grandest of ambitions, heat kills me. It never used to. I used to be a card-carrying lizard in summer, thriving on the Death Valley Hours of the afternoons. This summer appears to be different. I...

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I was gonna

dismh8 — 2008-06-28T10:06:22-05:00

I had planned to watch dawn from the shore this morning. I was going to get up early and take a dog down to the marina. I was going to enjoy watching the sky turn orange over the greenish waters of the river. I was...

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