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Hollywood Trash Heap: Cocktail (1988)
While all the other high-schoolers were drinking like fish, young Nick Honeck was “sober since ’82.” It isn’t just that I’d never been drunk, I’d never even willingly took a drink of alcohol until
Read More »Hollywood Trash Heap: Leonard Part 6 (1987)
I met one of my best friends, Matt, in a writing class. This wasn’t a college class, it was a class we both elected to take as professional in our free time. He was
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Analyzing 2011′s Best Picture Nominees
Clearly, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is still trying to find a way to ensure that the right number of Best Picture nominees are selected. In 2008, five films were nominated
Read More »Hollywood Trash Heap: Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
In the summer of 2010, I performed my first wedding services as an officiant. I got ordained online by the Universal Life Church. People always ask me what I had to do, I just
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Movie Review: ‘The Artist’
Gimmick? Lost art form? Both? Neither? The Artist is a black and white, mostly silent film that was released in 2011. It is not for everyone. The film tells of the opposite career trajectories
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Movie Review: ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’
I remember talking with friends shortly after 9/11, wondering how long it would be before Hollywood started dealing with the biggest tragedy in American history. I thought it would be about 10 years, which,
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‘Star Wars: Uncut’ Project Completed and Released
In 2009 the site StarWarsUncut.com started a project that was unlike anything that had been done before. It looked to put the fans in control of one of the most ambitious fan films in
Read More »Hollywood Trash Heap: Howard the Duck (1986)
The first trip I ever took as a professional was to a conference in Bloomington, Minn. My hotel was just a sprawling parking lot away from the Mall of America. I’d been to the
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