A few months back, I was wallowing in a cooking slump. I do most of the cooking at home and generally love doing it, but my lack of imagination (and funds) was turning something I had previously enjoyed into a pain in the ass. I was so bored with food and (like many of us are right...
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By Shannon Hood and Jane Almirall Day three of the festival we got some screenings in, a few interviews, and lots of shorts. I Saw The Devil Directed by Ji-woon Kim. Starring Byung-hun Lee (The Good the Bad, the Weird) and Min-sik Choi (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance.) Shannon: I seriously contemplated not attending this screening,...
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Fact: I’d never heard of “First Friday’s” prior to last Friday. I just felt we should get that out of the way. Folks, if you live in/near the Kansas City area and aren’t sure what you’d like to do this Friday (8/6/2010)*, may I offer as a suggestion attending “An Evening of Art”, from...
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Our good friends Katy and Stuart Murr have spent the last 3 1/2 months riding their bikes across the United States. This would be impressive enough on it’s own, but there’s a catch: they are making this ride with their two children, Jane (age 5) and Brady (age 3). I know what you are...
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Many of you know by now that I moonlight for another website, The Flickcast, where I can really get my nerd on. Recently I had the opportunity to interview Breck Eisner, director of Sahara and The Crazies. If you haven’t seen the movie, it is a nifty horror flick, and it comes out on...
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