Daily Archives: April 11, 2019

Preview, Can a “Free Trip to Egypt” broaden Middle Americans’ minds?

“Travel,” Mark Twain said, ““is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of … Continue reading

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Movie Review — “Master Z: Ip Man Legacy”

The story’s a non-starter, generic in the extreme. And the performances flat, stiff and lock-still theatrical, when the players aren’t throwing punches left and right, up, down and sideways. But those elements are not what we come to “Ip Man” … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: “The Most Dangerous Year” chronicles transgender “bathroom bill” protests

It didn’t happen by accident. It never does. With gay marriage rights off the ballot, a civil right endorsed by the states and ratified by the Supreme Court, conservative think tanks needed something to rile and fire up “the base” … Continue reading

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