It's hard to believe there's never been a movie made about Jackie Robinson, outside of The Jackie Robinson Story from 1950. That movie at least had the great baseball Hall of Famer playing himself. But Robinson's life, a remarkable journey of an African American who broke baseball's color barrier and played for the Montreal Royals and Brooklyn Dodgers, is long overdue for a … [Read more...] about 42 New Movie Review
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Lately you’ve been feeling like a wild animal in a modern zoo. Effort has been made to simulate your natural habitat, but still you keep running into the electrified fencing and wondering how limited your world really is. Meanwhile, people keep riding through your life on a monorail, snapping pictures and throwing junk food at you and your friends. … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
Admission New Movie Review
Tina Fey stars as Portia, a Princeton admissions adviser whose career provides her with a cozy, isolated life of academia and independence. She finds herself drawn to a young man named Jeremiah (played by Nat Wolff) whose brilliance make him a worthy Princeton candidate. Then Jeremiah’s teacher from a nearby school (Paul Rudd) offers a bombshell revelation: Jeremiah is … [Read more...] about Admission New Movie Review
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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) I dreamt I wandered through a misty garden of white marble statues carved to resemble the Pantheon of ancient gods. Stumbling at Eros’ cherubic feet, I found myself sobbing about a broken heart. Cupid, suddenly warm and alive, nodded knowingly at my apparently familiar complaint and lifted a giant birdbath, already filled to the brim with other … [Read more...] about Your Horoscope
Here Is How Doug Fine And His Goats Will Help Make Maui And Hawaii And The World More Sustainable
Doug Fine took time to reassure his audience that he is not the Unabomber. It was a necessary aside. Given that he was wearing a homemade earth orange hemp shirt, tends a herd of goats, lives a petroleum-free lifestyle, wrote a recent book on ending cannabis prohibition and talks about how he’d survive post-oil civilization collapse we were sure that he must be some kind of … [Read more...] about Here Is How Doug Fine And His Goats Will Help Make Maui And Hawaii And The World More Sustainable