Cinematic Soulmates: Assault on Precinct 13 and The Warriors

Since the dawn of Man, we have used stories as a way of understanding both ourselves and the world around us.  Many of the best stories are about journeys, both metaphorical and actual.  Some follow a character or characters from one location to another, and others serve as a chronicle of the progression from one stage of a character’s life […]

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Cinematic Soulmates: Scrooged and The Muppet Christmas Carol

It’s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens (and other non-Run-DMC approved locales), so in honor of this most beloved of holidays, Cinematic Soulmates will turn its attention to a couple of films that (at the time) put a fresh and fun spin on the most famous Christmas story of them all, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.  Both Scrooged (1988) and A […]

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