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A Guide to Navigating Oscar Season
Each January when the Oscar nominations come out I inevitably hear people say “I’ve never heard of these movies.” Blockbusters occasionally break through, like Oppenheimer and Titanic, but it’s just as likely these days for smaller films like Anora or Moonlight to surprise with a Best Picture win.
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“The Smashing Machine” Isn’t What You Think It Is
“The Smashing Machine” is a biopic about pioneering mixed martial artist Mark Kerr. It’s currently being marketed toward fans of UFC and the film’s star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. But if the target audience’s Venn diagram doesn’t also include an appreciation for director Benny Safdie’s
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Driftwood Senior Center Musings
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One Battle After Another is the Movie of the Year
The new film by “There Will Be Blood” and “Boogie Nights” director Paul Thomas Anderson stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Regina Hall. “One Battle After Another” is about a group of revolutionaries, told over decades of their lives, encountering a former enemy
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1902
Taken from the Cameron County Historical Society microfilm files of the October 9, 1902 issue of the Cameron County Press. Washington Letter Washington, Oct. 6th, 1902. - While intense disappointment is felt because the conference, called by President Roosevelt between the coal mine operators and the representatives of the strikers,
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Remembering Robert Redford
On Monday, September 15th, 2025, I sat down to watch “All the President’s Men” starring Robert Redford for the first time. I put it on late, on a Blu Ray I borrowed from the library, so I only got about halfway before I got tired and went to bed.
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Watching Movies with Rob Reed
At the end of this month a new film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson opens in movie theaters, and in this household that is the equivalent of a national holiday. In fact, I’m leaving work early on opening day to catch the first screening of “One Battle After Another.