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Movie Review # 3616 - That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag is a Spaghetti Western television series. I have never been much of a fan of the Spaghetti genre, they always seem like "B" movies to me, which I guess they are and this one is the same.
I give this movie 2 out of 5 stars.
In a town full of bounty hunters, bandits and bloody vendettas, Arthur McCoy is a corruptible sheriff ( Read more... ) -
News # 39 - AI (1-24-25)
Scientists say artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed a critical "red line" and has replicated itself. In a new study, researchers from China showed that two popular large language models (LLMs) could clone themselves.
"Successful self-replication under no human assistance is the essential step for AI to outsmart [humans], and is an early signal ( Read more... ) -
News # 38 - 1-24-25
Donald Trump Third Term Proposal Has Clause to Stop Barack Obama Running is a proposal being presented already to allow trump a third term. “The language specifies preventing a president running for a third term if they were elected for two consecutive terms.” In other words, the Tennessean’s measure would let Trump seek a third term, while ( Read more... ) -
News #37 - 1-23-25
Now Trump Wants MSNBC to Lose Its ‘Right to Broadcast’
Federal judge halts Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship
Ex-Trump Ally And House Republican Slams President As The ‘Most Dishonest Elected Official’ Ever:
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Movie Review # 3615 - Platoon Leader
Platoon Leader is a 1988 war film set in the Vietnam War starring Aaron Norris (Chuck's brother) and Michael Dudikoff. The platoon leader is sent to Vietnam to take over his first platoon. He finds he has to prove himself and earn the trust of the enlisted men if he is to lead them.
I give this movie 1.5 out of 5 stars.
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Movie Review # 3614 - The Pianist
The Pianist is a 2002 film starring Adrian Brody which is a memoir of a Jewish pianist who ends up in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars.
In September 1939 a Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is besieged during the Germany's bombing of Warsaw. After escaping, Szpilman and his ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review # 3613 - Ides of March
The Ides of March is a 2011 film that stars Ryan Gosling and George Clooney alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.
I give this movie 3 out of 5 stars.
This movie shows the underbelly of politics, how candidates always have baggage and the cut throat business of hiding it and/or making it go away. It ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review # 3612 - Heartland
Heartland is a 1979 American film that is different than the typical western. It is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West and shows the harsh realities. I didn't see a gun in sight and not many horses but it would be classified as a western. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review # 3611 - American Primeval
American Primeval is an American western miniseries set in 1857 during the Utah War, the series examines the fight to gain control of the American West and the violent clash between the Mormon religion and non Mormon whites living there and the Shoshone Indians, centering on the events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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News # 36 - 1-14-25
Donald Trump has hit out at Jack Smith in an angry 1am rant after the special counsel published his report, concluding the president-elect tried to criminally overturn the 2020 election.
Trump “inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence” in the January 6 riots and knowingly spread a false narrative about fraud in the 2020 election ( Read more... )