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Sunday SoundCheck: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers

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A good tennis volley has a rhythm. As the yellow felt bounces back and forth over the net, a beat forms. In the crowd, heads oscillate with each swing. There's grunting and sweat, drama and action, until the ball breaks free from the tension,  releasing an eruption of cheers and howls under the bright sun. That infectious passion of competition is on intense display in Luca Guadagnino 's new film, Challengers, about a tennis rivalry spiked with a love triangle.

Watched Journal: March 2024

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  After the success of his 1974 film, The Gambler, director Karel Reisz's next project was Who'll Stop The Rain, a Nam-Noir starring Nick Nolte as Ray Hicks, a sailor who is talked into smuggling a supply of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco by war torn correspondent John Converse (Michael Moriarty).

Oscar Thoughts: The Films of 2023

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The Academy Awards are this Sunday and 'Oppenheimer' appears a lock for Best Picture.

Watched Journal: February 2024

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Gene Hackman in 'Night Moves' is my vibe.

Watched Journal: January 2024

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  What I watched in January.

Watched Journal: December 2023

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When I learned of Ryan O'Neal's death, I just so happened to be watching his 1979 boxing comedy with Barbara Streisand, 'The Main Event', on a Friday evening in early December.

The Ten Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

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I keep seeing this clip of Ice-T saying "we don't make albums anymore," as he describes the nostalgic pastime of putting on a vinyl record, where the album is a journey with chapters like a novel.