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Fred Schruers

Fred Schruers

The Long Winter of the Clippers

The Long Winter of the Clippers

I commence this post wondering if my esteemed readers actually give a good goddamn about The Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. That’s right, they’re not the Lakers. But neither are the Lakers these days. Hang in with this Inside Hoops part for just a moment

Robert Towne Was A Master For the Ages; the obit for IndieWire

Robert Towne Was A Master For the Ages; the obit for IndieWire

Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great ScribesRobert Towne is dead at 89. The ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter was one of Hollywood’s best scribes, with ‘The Last Detail’ and ‘Shampoo’ his credits too.IndieWireFred Schruers

The New Tom Petty Tribute Album Is Straight Outta Country

The New Tom Petty Tribute Album Is Straight Outta Country

Most of our musical heroes give us, sooner or later, their origin story. For Springsteen, it arrived with “Adam Raised A Cain” from the “Darkness On the Edge of Town” album, four records into a run that was taking a turn towards the darker musings that assured his greatness. Bob

"The Bikeriders" Keeps It Down To A (Mostly) Dull Roar

"The Bikeriders" Keeps It Down To A (Mostly) Dull Roar

You know how, on rare occasions, you’ll see a couple somewhere past their forties, maybe in a humble diner in Florida, and you’ll think, “Those two—they have a story.” This kind of realization is where Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” seeks to deposit us, and it is no

"The Boys" Can Still Smash and Grab Your Attention

"The Boys" Can Still Smash and Grab Your Attention

“Satire,” Philip Roth once said, "is moral outrage transformed into comic art." I’m here to talk about “The Boys,” airing the fourth episode of season 4 tomorrow on Amazon Prime, but consider for a moment the ethos Roth addressed in 1971 America. It has a daunting similarity

"Dark Matter" Just Might Flip Your Synapses

"Dark Matter" Just Might Flip Your Synapses

Okay, I had to look it up too. A synapse is in simplest terms a neurotransmitter important in activating key brain functions. I first heard the word used casually from Jack Nicholson in an interview when I told him my wife and I were expecting a baby around mid-2002. Was

"Hit Man" Is Not To Be Skipped

"Hit Man" Is Not To Be Skipped

I really didn’t want to buy into Hollywood making a new male movie star–that old wheeze they’ve sold us on forever. Not to sound too Yoda, but I’ve watched it all happen before. In rough sequence, I remember watching: Tom Cruise nearly knocking himself out tackling