For me, only two of the titles stood out as new, or potentially just overlooked: 1974’s Horror High and 1968’s Kong Island. Both were novel enough that I could see paying $10 for it and not feeling short-changed, as long as you know upfront that the prints are less than pristine. As with such bargain […]
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Point broke
Busey has less than $50,000 to his name, but owes at least 10 times that amount (and perhaps half a million more). Since HBO’s “Entourage” is history, thus denying him any further appearances playing himself, it’s unlikely he was going to luck into a gig lucrative enough to pay all that back. Don’t feel too […]
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Entertainment review
I miss your TV reviews with Dean Robbins, and I really enjoyed your DVD reviews. Why do you give so many pages to the local music scene? Your food section is perfect. I look forward to it every week. I love the Gazette, and I hope we can see more on the entertainment side. —Jeremiah […]
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Mean girl
Warning: Lisa Lampanelli said her stand-up comedy act is like anal sex: “At first, it’s a little uncomfortable, but with enough liquor and lube, it’s a surefire hit.” See for yourself how it hurts so good when the “Queen of Mean” brings her barbs to FireLake Grand Casino on Friday. An audience favorite of Comedy […]
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Board ‘Brawl’
Victor Moyer and Tim Bugher, co-founders of VicTim Games, created the card-based role-playing board game, “ScrumBrawl,” and released it earlier this year. The original idea Bugher came up with was for a space game, but that idea ended up taking too long to play. After a lot of tweaks, the duo came up with “ScrumBrawl.” […]
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Dressing room
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love wedding receptions and those who don’t. If you’re in the latter camp, you may agree with one character in “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” who describes the wedding reception depicted in the play as “the bland leading the bland.” The same might […]
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Big ‘Bang’ theory
The Bang Bang collective’s recent performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a thing to behold. What little shred of gender identity in the original script was expunged as nearly every role had some element of male/female impersonation, including creative director Cassidy Warner as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a girl performing as a guy dressed up […]