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    Swimming in the Mystic River
    Troy Kinney
    • Jan 8
    • 7 min

    Swimming in the Mystic River

    Hidden meanings lurking under the Mystic River.
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    TENET
    Troy Kinney
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    TENET

    Christopher Nolan loves to play with time. He’s been doing it for a while now in his films. Most notably with Memento, Inception,...
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    "Comfort Films" a new podcast on ScreenFish
    Troy Kinney
    • May 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    "Comfort Films" a new podcast on ScreenFish

    What are your favorite "comfort films?"
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    Double Dates
    Troy Kinney
    • May 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Double Dates

    MICRO-FICTION 100 words or less
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    Tower (2016)
    Troy Kinney
    • Mar 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Tower (2016)

    What makes a coward? What makes a hero? It is 1966. We are at the University of Texas in Austin. It is just before noon. There is a man...
    36 views0 comments
    Parasite, Levels of Understanding
    Troy Kinney
    • Feb 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Parasite, Levels of Understanding

    The movie Parasite won Best Picture 2020. Not sure I agree, but I could probably say that about many Best Pictures over previous years....
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    Klaus (2019)
    Troy Kinney
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Klaus (2019)

    Watch Klaus.
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    Documentary: Ghosts of Sugar Land
    Troy Kinney
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    Documentary: Ghosts of Sugar Land

    Short Documentary on Netflix. Imagine a group of American Muslims born and raised in Texas. A non-Muslim kid at school becomes their...
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    Empathy for the Devil? 
You’ve got to be Joking.
    Troy Kinney
    • Oct 19, 2019
    • 8 min

    Empathy for the Devil? You’ve got to be Joking.

    Joker hears a tune in his head like Edgar Allen Poe’s King of the Ghouls whose bosom swells and rolls as he yells and dances merrily...
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    Writing from my past
    Troy Kinney
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Writing from my past

    I was reminded, so I looked and then found one of my old pieces published in The Chalcedon Report back in 2002. I remember that I was...
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    The Death of Stalin (2017)
    Troy Kinney
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Death of Stalin (2017)

    What is your taste for satire? Whatever it is, there are no small slices available in the movie, The Death of Stalin. To say this movie,...
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    John Wick 3: Parabellum
    Troy Kinney
    • May 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    John Wick 3: Parabellum

    Commentary and a link to the Screenfish Podcast
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    Short Story: A Leg Up
    Troy Kinney
    • May 14, 2019
    • 8 min

    Short Story: A Leg Up

    The following short story is what I wrote as my second entry into the NYC Midnight Short Story Tournament. This heat required three...
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    The Invitation (2015) Thriller/Horror R
    Troy Kinney
    • May 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Invitation (2015) Thriller/Horror R

    Currently streaming on Netflix. This was a creepy little venture. A group of friends are invited to a dinner party in the swanky hills of...
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    Avengers Endgame
    Troy Kinney
    • Apr 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Avengers Endgame

    Max and I went to see Avengers: Endgame and really enjoyed it. This kid is a lot of fun to watch a movie like this with. He gets excited...
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    Short Story: Bar None
    Troy Kinney
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 9 min

    Short Story: Bar None

    The following short story is what I wrote as my first entry into the NYC Midnight Short Story Tournament. The heat I was in required...
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    Poem: I Scream Social
    Troy Kinney
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Poem: I Scream Social

    In 1949 George Orwell was wrong. Not about his title but he missed entitlement We aren’t afraid of screens watching us We are afraid they...
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    Short Term 12
    Troy Kinney
    • Jan 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Short Term 12

    *SPOILERS* Finally watched Short Term 12 on Amazon Prime Video last night. It’s been in my queue for quite a while. Wow. This film has...
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    THE WALL
    Troy Kinney
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    THE WALL

    It is obvious that our elected officials cannot seem to agree about walls but Samsung just revealed theirs. This new item also proves...
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    Transformers Prequel - Bumblebee (2018) PG-13
    Troy Kinney
    • Jan 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Transformers Prequel - Bumblebee (2018) PG-13

    I had the great pleasure of talking this movie over with Steve Norton on his podcast https://screenfish.net . Check out our discussion...
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