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Confessions of a Not-So-Dangerous Mind*

Movies, sports, fitness, and life’s cataclysmic ups and downs, through nearly a half-century on this rock.

tv & film film history

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Episode 202: Total Recall!

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2024/06/01

34 years ago today, Paul Verhoeven's spectacular scifi mindbender Total Recall opened. An immediate success with critics and audiences, the film grossed over $260 million at the boxoffice, making it one of the biggest hits of its year.

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00:29:59

OTD 1991: A Magical Walkoff Home Run

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2024/06/01

OTD 1991: for the second time in five days, the New York Yankees win on a walkoff HR, putting some energy into an early season which had seemed lost not much more than a week prior. Although it ended up a down year, the team's stunning 31-20 stretch from May-July was the first ray of sunshine in an otherwise dreadful era for the Bronx Bombers.

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00:29:59

Episode 200: The Man from Malpaso

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2024/05/31

Clint Eastwood turns 94 on May 31, 2024. Join me for a look back at his extraordinary life and career.

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00:23:24

Episode 199: "The Best Movie You've Never Seen."...

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2024/05/29

The 18th entry in our ongoing series "The Best Movie You've Never Seen," Miracle Mile is a low-key version of the classic apocalyptic thriller story. It has more heart and humanity than most films of this type and is (IMHO) essential viewing.

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00:29:58

Episode 198: HANG ON!!!

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2024/05/28

The terrific Sylvester Stallone/Renny Harlin collaboration Cliffhanger opened 31 years ago today. The summer action blockbuster marked Sly's return to form, after trying his hand at comedies.

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00:29:59

Episode 197: Memorial Day

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2024/05/27

Three men on my dad's side of the family served during wartime. Uncles Albert and Sydney landed in France just after D-Day; both were badly wounded. My father was a short timer when Vietnam escalated and was kept stateside for the duration of his tenure.

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Episode 196: The GOAT & The Phantom Punch

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2024/05/27

"The Most Famous Sports Photograph Ever Taken" was snapped 5/25/65. Here's the story behind the image.

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Episode 195: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Turns 35

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2024/05/25

On May 24, 1989, Steven Spielberg's rip-roaring second sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark opened in theaters. An immediate hit with critics and audiences, the film rolled up an astounding $475 million at the boxoffice and remains a huge fan favorite to this day.

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Episode 194: One Helluva Year

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2024/05/24

Despite being the year of high school graduation and start of college, "1992" represents the worst 12 month stretch of my life. Things that shouldn't have happened, did, and things that should have, didn't. Join me for a trip back through time, as I continue to try and make sense of it all.

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00:29:58

Episode 193: Mission: Impossible Turns 27

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2024/05/23

Brian DePalma's terrific Mission: Impossible opened May 22, 1996. The film's runaway financial success -- $458 million boxoffice -- kickstarted an incredibly lucrative film franchise.

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Episode 192: Ali-Cooper 2

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2024/05/21

OTD 1966: For the 2nd time in 3 years, world heavyweight 🥊Champ Muhammad Ali stops rugged British champ Sir Henry Cooper on cuts.

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Episode 191: James Stewart Birthday Retrospective

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2024/05/21

James Stewart was born 116 years ago today. An Oscar winner (for The Philadelphia Story), he later starred in a pair of Alfred Hitchcock films which rank among the finest works in the history of cinema: Rear Window and Vertigo.

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00:27:59

Episode 190: "The Best Movie You've Never Seen." F/X...

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2024/05/18

The 17th entry in our ongoing series "The Best Movie You've Never Seen," F/X (1986) tells the story of a movie special effects wizard who gets mixed up with the FBI, a crime boss, and the Witness Protection Program. Bryan Brown is fantastic in the lead role of Rollie Tyler, Brian Dennehy is dynamite, and Jerry Orbach dazzles as the crime boss.

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Episode 189: David Wells' Perfect Game

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2024/05/18

OTD 1998: David Wells dazzles the near-sellout "Beanie Baby Day" crowd, throwing a perfect game of such dominance that there's (literally) one hard hit ball - an 8th inning smash to Chuck Knoblauch, who despite his bizarre throwing troubles, gets the ball to first successfully.Everything else? Strikeouts (11), popups, routine fly balls, and dribblers.

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00:29:44

Episode 188: Top Gun Turns 38 🚀

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2024/05/17

A classic, at 38

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Episode 187: On This Day 1981, Chariots of Fire opens...

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2024/05/15

On May 15, 1981, future 4x Oscar winner Chariots of Fire opened in Europe. "My favorite movie of all time" didn't hit the U.S. til late September, when my parents took me to see it. My favorite movie then, my favorite movie now.

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00:29:59

Episode 186: Happy 80th, George Lucas!

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2024/05/15

Arguably the single most important figure in the evolution of "New Hollywood," George Lucas turns 80 today. Join me for a look back at the extraordinary career of a true visionary artist and creative genius.

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Episode 185: Guilty Pleasure Movies, #15! Rocky IV...

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2024/05/13

The 15th entry in our ongoing series of Guilty Pleasure Movies centers on the fan favorite "third sequel" in the iconic Rocky franchise, which grossed an astonishing $300+ million at the boxoffice (in 1985)! 35 years later, Stallone returned to the editing room and reconceived the film, toning down its overtly jingoistic aspects to tell a more complete, personal, less overblown/cartoony story. Sly's Director's Cut, titled Rocky Vs Drago, is a terrific companion piece to the Rocky IV we all know and

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00:28:03

"Guilty Pleasure Movies" #14: The Last Dragon (1985)

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2024/05/13

The 14th entry in our ongoing series "Guilty Pleasure Movies," Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon remains a deliriously entertaining quasi-spoof of martial arts movies in general, and a loving tribute to Bruce Lee in particular.

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00:29:31

Episode 183: The Natural Turns 40

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2024/05/12

"Go pick me out a winner, Bobby."

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