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Posted by on Apr 29, 2013 in Comics, Film, Musings | 0 comments

Kickstarter and Creativity

Kickstarter and Creativity
This week on Episode 71, Charlie and I will discuss the ways that comic creators and other creative types are using Kickstarter to fund their projects and make a living. You can hear our thoughts on the subject on Wednesday but in the mean time here are a few of the projects we mentioned and one of them is...
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Posted by on Mar 14, 2013 in Film | 0 comments

Cincinnati Magic Trick

Cincinnati Magic Trick
Longtime listeners of the Charlie Tonic Hour may remember a film festival and awards show we attended back in July of 2012. We podcasted about it in episode #30 and Ginny write about it in the article titled “The 48 Hour Film Project Awards Show“. Since that time, the winning film “Magic...
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Posted by on Feb 1, 2013 in Film | 0 comments

Charlie On More Films

Charlie On More Films
I can’t promise this will be a regular Friday tradition (because I simply don’t see enough movies to keep it going), but I’m back for a second round of “rapid fire” movie reviews. If you were watching the site last week, I discussed nine films in the previous story and this...
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Posted by on Jan 25, 2013 in Film | 0 comments

Charlie Talks Film

Charlie Talks Film
On next week’s episode of the Charlie Tonic Hour (#58), one segment will revolve around a discussion of the movie Life of Pi. This film impressed me both with its visual nature and deeper messages. Ginny Tonic has read the novel, but I was experiencing the story for the first time in the theater....
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Posted by on Aug 30, 2012 in Film | 0 comments

Almost Famous

Almost Famous
So there is a movie that I absolutely love and I plan to watch it, once again, before this day is done. The move is Almost Famous and for me it is a film that holds a mix of personal and emotional connections to this day. Let me paint a picture that just may bring you to the reason why I love this movie so...
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Posted by on Jun 4, 2012 in Film, Geekery | 1 comment

Let’s Talk Torchwood

Let’s Talk Torchwood
Many who know me know I’m a series Doctor Who fan. I may not be able to hang with the more pedantic crowd quoting lines and show notes, but I will carve out time in my day to always catch an episode when it’s available. My fandom has a very similar story to most of you as I joined the show in the Tom...
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Posted by on May 22, 2012 in Drinks, Film | 2 comments

A Dude and His Drink

A Dude and His Drink
What is it about the The Dude? The Big Lebowski has made an impression both on me, and on popular culture as a whole, that seems to be greater than the movie itself should warrant. Thinking about the film I can’t think of a particular theme, character, or image that I can identify as being...
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Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Film | 5 comments

MirrorMask

MirrorMask
Earlier today, I stumbled across a reference to Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman’s MirrorMask that had me wistfully thinking back to when I caught the film for the first time back in 2008. The film itself actually came out three years prior to that in 2005, but I was late attending that particular visual...
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Posted by on May 6, 2012 in Film | 0 comments

One more reason I Am a Whedon fan

One more reason I Am a Whedon fan
I openly admit that I am a DIE HARD Joss Whedon fan. That said, there have been moments when I’ve been lukewarm to some of his work in comics (Buffy over at Dark Horse being a clear exception), but his television work remains some of my favorite series of all time. My library shelves are lined with...
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Posted by on Apr 23, 2012 in Film | 2 comments

Into The Wild

Into The Wild
  I woke up this morning thinking about a film I’ve seen several times. The fact that I watched it twice in just the past week and find it moving up my top 10 favoriate films list may explain why it’s so central to my thinking right now. This very interesting film is Into the...
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Posted by on Apr 10, 2012 in Film | 5 comments

Guilty Pleasure #326

Guilty Pleasure #326
This week on the show, Ginny and I plan to have a discussion of fun obsessions.  Today, I’d like to share a post about that particular topic’s ugly cousin, guilty pleasures.  For me, I have to admit there are a lot in my life.  I’m often corny and a bit sentimental.  I’m okay with...
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Posted by on Mar 29, 2012 in Film, Music | 0 comments

End of the Century

End of the Century
I’ve spent a lot of my life around education in one form or another. Sexy topic, right? But wait, I’m headed somewhere interesting. Whether it be the grade school years or college or my eventual career in higher education, for me life has almost always been around or near students and spring...
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Posted by on Mar 12, 2012 in Film | 4 comments

Top 5 Missing Television Series

Top 5 Missing Television Series
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying John Wilson’s Big Damned Heroes article series on the long gone television show Firefly (via the Pandoracon site). It’s taken me back and gotten me rewatching the series when time allows. Along those same lines, an article coming out of SXSW shared a few...
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Posted by on Jan 17, 2012 in Film, Music | 1 comment

Punk Attitude

Punk Attitude
Interested in checking out a solid little documentary? I highly recommend Don Letts film Punk: Attitude. I’ve seen it four or five times and ran into it again via Netflix (though it isn’t currently available for steaming) a few months back. Anytime I stumble across it, I end up watching. This...
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