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Kimmel suspension another stupid, cowardly Free Press failure, but I’m not worried

Last night, in another act of corporate cowardice in the late-night sector, ABC announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be “pre-empted indefinitely” after FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened action against the company following on-air comments about right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk, … Continue reading

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Letting yourself get tricked by ‘The Conjuring’ one last time

For 15 years, the Insidious/Conjuring series have been my bane, these stupid, colorless Halloween costume movies that rake in money hand over fist on name recognition and nothing else. Lately, however, New Line Cinema has affixed The Conjuring series with … Continue reading

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Re-entering ‘The Matrix’ in the age of simulacra

A member of the legendary class of ’99, I saw The Matrix twice in theaters last year for 25th anniversary screenings. This was after a 2021 re-release ahead of The Matrix Resurrections, the series’ corporate-mandated retrofit, which was actually my … Continue reading

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Mystery box of ‘Weapons’ is, predictably, empty

There’s a new mystery box dealer in Hollywood. His boxes are also empty. The mystery box is always empty. Maybrook, Pennsylvania, 2:17 a.m. on a Wednesday- Seventeen children from the same class at Maybrook Elementary, as one, get out of … Continue reading

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Outrageous, cowardly Colbert firing a travesty for Free Speech, Press

CBS, weeks after parent company Paramount agreed to donate $16 million to the Trump presidential library to settle a nonsensical lawsuit it would easily have beaten had it fought, announced this week it would not renew the contract of leading … Continue reading

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