30 years ago on March 11th 1983, the most talked about movie of the weekend was no witches, no wizards, no magic, no surprises. But the “scummy sewer movie” “10 to the Middle” packed houses and continues to show the disgusting star power of a not-so-handsome brute named Charles Bronson, who wanted to be a […]
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You’ve just paid rent, car payment, utilities, and credit cards and man are you broke! What do you do now? Just hang out in your apartment or home eating Ramen noodles and watching reality TV? No! There are many wonderful, cheap activities out there to be discovered, all you have to do is find them. […]
Most fads die a quick, merciful death, but here are a few that I think would be fun to resurrect. Comeback Fads 10. Pet Rocks Back in the day, Gigapets and Tamagotchis were called Pet Rocks. The idea is about the same. They’re both little ‘pets’ that you carry around. They both serve no purpose. […]
It’s well known that New York City, with its large number of independent movie theaters and well-funded arts organizations, is a cinephile’s paradise. What fewer film lovers realize is that Chicago (my former home) is itself a shockingly fertile garden of cinematic delights. For movie fanatics who either live in Chicago or travel there often, […]