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‘Boxcar Bertha’ (1972): Early Scorsese gangster flick isn’t good, but it’s entertaining

So I spent the equivalent of 20 goddamn hours (it seemed) watching Scorsese’s laughably bad, The Departed, with one of my kids, who then spent another hour or so trying to explain to me why it was so great and why I was so wrong in hating it. He, of course, failed. If I want… Read More ‘Boxcar Bertha’ (1972): Early Scorsese gangster flick isn’t good, but it’s entertaining

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‘Hitler’s Madman’ & ‘Hitler’s Children’ (1943): Der Fuhrer doubleheader

In my very few moments of sobriety, when the background fuzz partly clears and gives way to bits and pieces of actual audio/visual information that land, one of the constant drones I encounter lately is that I’m no longer living in a democracy (which is curious…since we’ve always been a constitutional republic), but rather a… Read More ‘Hitler’s Madman’ & ‘Hitler’s Children’ (1943): Der Fuhrer doubleheader

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