I miss my late father most of all around this time of year.
He died right before Thanksgiving 1985, when I was 17. It’s odd in a way that I miss my father. I think a mixture of the idealized recollection of my father along with the loss of any chance to have an adult relationship [...]
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Tom Jones made my day when I recently discovered his book, Working at the Ballpark: The Fascinating Lives of Baseball People from Peanut Vendors and Broadcasters to Players and Managers. My late father instilled in me a love of baseball. So right about now, less than a month after the World Series has ended … [...]
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Rank Title Weekend Gross
1. TWILIGHT $70,553,000 $70,553,000
2. QUANTUM OF SOLACE $27,400,000 $109,483,000
3. BOLT $27,000,000 $27,000,000
4. MADAGASCAR 2 $16,000,000 $137,447,000
5. ROLE MODELS $7,229,000 $48,037,000
6. CHANGELING $2,643,000 $31,613,000
7. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 $2,006,000 $86,821,000
8. ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO $1,700,000 $29,350,000
9. THE BOY IN STRIPED PAJAMAS $1,673,000 $2,653,000
10. SECRET LIFE OF [...]
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Timothy Callahan was just one of the many folks I met at Baltimore Comic-Con back in September. Coming out of that meeting we decided to do an email interview regarding his two books and criticism in general. Callahan is a savvy critic who clearly knows pop culture and the comic book genre better than many [...]
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When I first heard about David Tischman and Glenn Fabry’s Greatest Hits, a six-issue Vertigo miniseries that offers a mixture of pop culture and superheroes, I was intrigued by the concept: “Meet the Mates! They’re the greatest super team of all time, straight out of England and into our hearts: Crusader, The Solicitor, Vizier and [...]
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