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College Basketball Conference Tournaments: A Rant
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Read more: College Basketball Conference Tournaments: A RantHere we are down to the final Sunday, where most conferences are showcasing conference championship games. Basketball conference tournaments are grueling affairs, and what do they accomplish?
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27With movies like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks accomplished the impossible, movies that could never be made today. The Frankenstein movie contained one of the greatest supporting casts ever, but one cameo appearance trumped all the rest.
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The ABC’s of Redneck Culture
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Read more: The ABC’s of Redneck CultureAfter most wars, the vanquished get it, but not so in The South. What should be banners of shame and defeat are currently flown and worn with pride. Instead of a White Flag, the Stars and Bars are emblematic of this failed and decaying culture.
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The ABC’s of Evangelical Christians
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Read more: The ABC’s of Evangelical ChristiansCult-Everyone’s religion but yours, that’s a cult. Evangelicals hotly deny the thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but are outraged when someone denies the existence of theirs.
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The ABC’s Of The New Testament-Part 2: Analyzing Jesus Edition
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Read more: The ABC’s Of The New Testament-Part 2: Analyzing Jesus EditionMost Christians and many non-Christians have a perception of Jesus as a pacifist, a bringer of hope, and a teacher of humility. He was a healer and preached to help the poor and to love your neighbor. However, what do the verses in the New Testament actually reveal about this Jesus character?
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Midnight Cowboy
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Read more: Midnight CowboyMovies have been often characterized as innovative, ground-breaking, trend-setting or wildly original, and these terms can be overused, but I cannot emphasize enough what a bold and courageous experiment in cinema was Midnight Cowboy
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
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Read more: Mississippi Burning (1988)Mississippi Burning was based on the actual events starting May 1964 when 3 civil rights activists were missing after they were arrested and released in Neshoba Co. Mississippi. They were working with the Freedom Summer campaign which was attempting to register African Americans to vote.
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 54
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 54This is the opening scene in the bar, where John Russell disciplines a range bum who was disrespecting two Indians, and the tempo of Russell’s screen presence was set
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
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Read more: Good Will Hunting (1997)I’m not going to do my usual review format, but just want to lay a little groundwork before I discuss relationships, which are the very essence of this great film.
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Tombstone (1993)
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Read more: Tombstone (1993)Homoeroticism? More than you can possibly imagine. I don’t even know where to begin, but it doesn’t matter. While definitely not an 80’s Action movie, this movie was all about the guys, in spite of the presence of many hot women.