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Film Review – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
“You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” marks the 40th motion picture for writer/director Woody Allen. It’s wonderful to see the filmmaker step up with a new picture every year, but when he misses, Allen knocks himself to the ground. “Dark Stranger” represents one of the more myopic screenplays he’s ever churned out, stopping time with a film that isn’t a comedy and barely registers as a drama. I’d call it a tragedy, but the only ones truly suffering will be the paying audience, forced to endure Allen’s umpteenth variation on the false comfort provided by marriage.
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A Visit to the Family Feud
Years ago, I did some P.A. work on a game show set inside the vast home of Midwestern capitalism, Mall of America. I spent roughly four weeks dinking around the set doing menial work while filling my pockets with craft service Twizzlers, but during this magical time I was allowed access to the world of game show production, observing how they’re cast, assembled, and, well, faked. Not “Quiz Show” faked, but enhanced through retakes and intense coaching to make cash and prizes feel like CASH AND PRIZES! The disillusionment was substantial.
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Reliving the Summer of 1990 – Week Fourteen
Protecting the night with “Darkman,” talking hard with “Pump Up the Volume,” and clowning around with the “Men at Work.”
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Reliving the Summer of 1990 – Week Thirteen
Greeting demons all over again with “The Exorcist III,” and watching Martin and Moranis die and go to “My Blue Heaven.”
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Reliving the Summer of 1990 – Week Eleven
Talkin’ famous with the cowboys of “Young Guns II” and hitting the sweetest notes of the “Mo’ Better Blues.”
BRIAN ORNDORF 