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I am usually remiss to admit my age, but The Doctor confesses to belonging to the tail end of Generation X and therefore having grown up during the eighties and nineties. My soul hearkens for the days of resplendent shopping malls featuring darkened arcades, all of them nestled comfortably...
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World War 1 films have been prolific over the years, but many of them did not generate in the United States and therefore were not seen in large numbers here. This is surely owing to the fact that our army was only involved during the war’s final year and...
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Tuesday Night Cigar Club chairman Matthew Cade conjured up an opportunity for The Doctor to view an advanced screening of Necropolis: Legion from director Christ Alexander and Full Moon Features. A marketing snippet on IMDB described the film as a “re-imagining of the 1986 Empire Pictures exploitation movie classic”...
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The frost has settled on the pumpkin. As any faithful fan of the Tuesday Night Cigar Club not currently suffering from delirium tremens well knows, The Doctor loves his horror movies. Should they take place after the autumnal equinox, more’s the better. Hence, when TNCC chairman Cade suggested that...
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Perhaps it is still summer in Texas on the night of this writing, but the strongly attuned of sense can feel the orange tinge of autumn vibrating passionately over the horizon… ah, who am I kidding, it’s still ninety-five degrees and that “tinge of autumn vibrating” phrase was elegant...
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Certain elements of the American experience cannot help but be polarizing. These elements cover great swaths of territory ranging from philosophical and political beliefs to more tangible and recognizable things, such as a work of art or whether the quarterback of your favorite football team is a charlatan or...
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Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare Once upon a yesterday, the Lifetime network was known for producing original movies and television shows that were almost exclusively geared towards a female audience. The programming could have accurately been labeled as “Chick Flicks” with a double dose of estrogen. Nothing...
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The eight episodes of Stranger Things 3 popped on July 4 and your favorite Doctor couldn’t think of a better way to commemorate the anniversary of the moment when our hemp smoking forefathers told the Brits to get lost than by diving in without a paddle. Or floaties. Or...
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum The Doctor gave up on superhero and comic book-themed movies long ago, although I admit the trailer for the upcoming Joker movie looks intriguing. Probably because I, too, like to put on a happy face and have been accused of being north of...