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Standing Up, Falling Down: Directed by Matt Ratner. With Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Grace Gummer, Eloise Mumford. The unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. I watched this based on Read the full article…

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The World According to Garp: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow. A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon. Robin’s second movie, and it’s not funny. Read the full article…

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Use of teargas and arrests by police and targeting by anti-abortion activists disrupts demonstrations in multiple states
Ticket to Paradise


Ticket to Paradise: Directed by Ol Parker. With Kaitlyn Dever, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Billie Lourd. A divorced couple that teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
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Harley Quinn Season 3


Harley Quinn: Created by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Dean Lorey, Jessica Goldstein, Chrissy Pietrosh. With Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Ron Funches. The series focuses on a single Harley Quinn, who sets off to make it on her own in Gotham City.
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Pregnant woman protesting against supreme court decision about Roe v. Wade.


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cover of Flatlander: the Collected Tales of Gill “The Arm” Hamilton by Larry Niven (1993); art by Chris Moore.


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Supreme Court finds that the Civil War was wrongly decided, reinstates the Confederacy.


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Sky Keepers by artist Rodrigo Ramos


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Standing Up, Falling Down


I watched this based on the two main guys alone, Ben Schwartz is still on his well owned upward trajectory and pretty much everything Billy Crystal does is damn entertaining. You’ll not be surprised to learn that this is a fantastically tragic comedy about getting to a certain point in your life and realizing it’s not where you wanted to be, then having to come to terms with either changing or staying the same. There’s a lot to warn about if you’ve struggled with most of the things that adults have to deal with, and I see a lot of myself in Crystal’s character, though I never ascended to the height of a local dermatologist that drinks too much.