Behind the Ironic Column

Our local movie chain announced that it will be providing pagers to movie audiences so the staff can be alerted if someone is causing a disturbance and/or pirating a movie.  You can also report if the picture is off track or the sound isn’t on.  That’s good because  it’s often ...

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It’s a dark room but not so dark I can’t observe the woman in front of me.  She’s seated in the row in front of me and slightly to my right.  Not one of the regulars.  After a couple of years of movie-going, I recognize the folks who are film ...

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One of the few things I’m almost completely sure of (how many hedge words can I get in this sentence) is that I’ll never have botox injections.  Not only does it sound  unappealing – an ugly word like botox coupled with the ominous “injection” – but it’s designed for those ...

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Katharine Hepburn would have been 100 today.   I hadn’t really registered that her birthday was May 12 – or at least it wasn’t on the top of my mental notes for today.  But when I looked at the Film Center schedule to check on tonight’s movie, I found that they ...

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Making my usual quick dash through Safeway on my way home, I tried to remember what was on the list left  lying securely on my kitchen table this morning.  I’d been organized enough to make the list but not quite enough to actually bring it.  So I proceeded, listless, through ...

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