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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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    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...
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    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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    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 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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    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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    THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (2018) R
    Troy Kinney
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (2018) R

    We went to see They Shall Not Grow Old the other afternoon. It was 4 o'clock on a Monday and I figured the theater would be empty. It...
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    Westworld (1973) PG
    Troy Kinney
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Westworld (1973) PG

    In 2016, HBO decided to make a long running adult-themed series called Westworld, based on the ideas of Michael Crichton. In fact,...
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    Ordinary People (1980) R
    Troy Kinney
    • Dec 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Ordinary People (1980) R

    Currently Streaming on Amazon Prime. As far as dramas go, Robert Redford’s first foray into movie directing should not be missed. It was...
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    Network (1976) R
    Troy Kinney
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Network (1976) R

    If you believe yourself to be a cinephile, one who loves movies, then you should definitely spend some time and watch this one. Currently...
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    The Yahoos are Here!  And they are Us.
    Troy Kinney
    • Nov 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Yahoos are Here! And they are Us.

    As I watched that video and others like it, I again sat in wonderment of the craziness that overcomes some folks on “Black Friday.” Much...
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