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Graphic Novel Review: My Friend Dahmer
When rock bands come to Milwaukee, they inevitably mention three things during their on-stage banter; beer, the pronunciation of the city’s name made famous in Wayne’s World (Mee-lay-wau-kay) and Jeffery Dahmer. These references always
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Hollywood Trash Heap: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
My childhood conversations with God mostly amounted to me asking Him, in my head, to move something if He was real. Surely nothing ever moved, but that didn’t stop my continued instance that He
Read More »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
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Book Review: ’11/22/63′
Despite being a avid reader, I’d made it a rule to avoid Stephen King for some reason. I mistakenly believed I should have been reading King when I was in my teens and missed
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Book Review: ‘Killing Lincoln’
Several years ago, James Frey brought the literary world to the forefront of the national conversation (a rare feat, indeed) thanks to a culmination of factors including A Million Little Pieces being part of
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
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App Review: Where’s My Water?
Tired of Angry Birds? Have I got a dirty alligator for you! During my periodic scroll-throughs of the App Store, I continually noticed that a game by Disney featuring a crocodile and titled Where’s
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