The Boys in the Brand

Deprogramming101 Productions presents A Dr. ESP Film Alternate title:  GOD! NO! FATHER Let’s make them an offer they can’t refuse! Starring:Donald CorleoneDonald Corleone, Jr.Eric CorleoneJared Rizzi* *Ivanka Corleone’s husband who gets whacked for selling out the family. Nothing like life imitating art.  Except, in this case, it’s not business, it’s personal.   Coming to a … Read more

Coming to a Theater Near You

  This is the third week in a row my wife and I hoped to support the local movie theater.  However, not one of the action, superhero, CGI films made the three quarter of a mile trip worth the effort.  Therefore, I suggest theater owners start bringing back some old favorites.  Here are just two … Read more

Let It Snow, Flakes

  Game of Thrones (GOT) fans know winter has come.  If there was ever a question about the threat posed by the white walkers, any doubt was erased as they marched on the barrier which separated Winterfell and the other kingdoms from the peril beyond. Similarly, a different kind of white walker has invaded the United … Read more

Another Wrong Question

  “IT” is back in the news.  No, I’m not talking about the remake of the the movie based on a Stephan King novel in which children disappear from a small town at the hands of an evil clown.  I know, it does sound a lot like a documentary about Trump’s (oops, Sessions’) announcement to … Read more

UN-Cool Medium

  In 1994, Marshall McLuhan introduced the term “cool medium” in his book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts).  The term is relevant in the Age of Trump, particularly as it refers to “low definition” information which affords the listener/reader a chance add to the presented data.  According to McLuhan, television was … Read more