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Loads of Lovely Love
I’m a sucker for a good love story, most likely thanks to my parents. Forty years ago this weekend they tied the knot after a long and spirited courtship that nobody really believed would end in...
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Batting 1000!
Today’s Eleventh Stack post is our 1,000th published essay. That’s 1,000 days of book, music and film recommendations, fun facts about library programs and services, and interesting intellectual...
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Who’s Your Tough Guy?
Public domain image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever just latched on to a performer, and they never seem to fail you? Maybe a Springsteen or Stevie Wonder? I’m that way with films and...
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Coming to a Library Near You
Image from the website: http://3rff.com/ My winter stay-cation this year just happened to coincide with this year’s Three Rivers Film Festival, so for the first time since moving to Pittsburgh I’ve...
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Wrong Movie, or the Devil is in the Details
You wanted this one, right? Lately I’ve been getting a lot of requests for the movie Frozen, which is apparently a Disney animated picture with some princesses and an Oscar-winning song and stuff. And...
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Don’t Go In There!
It’s hard to say why I find horror movies, and haunted house movies in particular, so appealing. It probably has something to do with being frightened, but from the comfort and safety of my couch or...
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Director’s Cut: Fatih Akin
A band on the banks of the Bosphurus. Image from Head On: sudeepshukla.wordpress.com This is the second post in an ongoing series. I plan to blog once a month about a different director whose films are...
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Whose Tagline Is It?
Want to play a game? Photo of the original What’s My Line? quiz show, courtesy of Wikipedia. While checking in a movie called Zombeavers the other day I let out a chuckle (against my better judgment)...
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12 Creepy Horror Movies to Watch This October
I recently took the 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days challenge (sometimes referred to as Hoop-tober), and while I am sure to fail miserably, so far I have been plugging along. My goal this month has been...
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Oh, Yeah – That Guy
Do you know James Hong? Fionnula Flanagan? Surely, you know who Paul Dooley is! No? I bet if you click on their names, you will repeat the title of this post. They are famous character actors. What...
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