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Top Ten Alfred Hitchcock Films

Top Ten Alfred Hitchcock Films

Before college, my movie knowledge mainly consisted of features made after Star Wars and anything by Disney. I cured this ignorance during my freshman year at the University of Florida when I saw a series of films by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. These classics were an eye-opening lesson to the fact that great…

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Roadside Attractions Ranked

Cadillac Ranch - One of the Ultimate Roadside Attractions

Nothing this side of apple pie is more American than the road trip. Driving 5,000 miles is a great way to see the country in a whole new light. Taking in the changing scenery, sampling the diverse cuisine and meeting a friendly assortment of people all contribute to the experience, but the most uniquely American…

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The 2019 Danny’s

Dan Whiteside's Movie Award

Welcome to the 7th annual Danny’s! For the uninitiated, these are my movie awards that I hand out the same day as the Academy Awards. I make up the categories and decide on the winners as I see fit. And to prove how ahead of the curve I am, the Academy tried to imitate me…

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Winter Driving Reviewed

Winter driving can be beautiful

I don’t go to Chick-Fil-A all that often. Don’t get me wrong, their original chicken sandwich is the pinnacle of a piece of fried chicken between bread, and I can usually devour an entire carton waffle fries between the drive-thru and my house, but I try to limit my fast food intake these days. When…

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Breaking Bad RV Tour Review

A fun thing to do in Albuquerque

Vince Gilligan originally intended for Breaking Bad to be set in Riverside, California, a fact I learned while taking the Breaking Bad RV tour on a chilly day in Albuquerque. If Riverside had stayed the location, I likely would have been tooling around the 12th largest city in California instead of the largest one in…

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La Belle Esplanade – Unlike Any Hotel

A great place to stay in New Orleans

“There’s the TV, “ proprietor Matthew King pointed out as he showed me my suite. “Please don’t spend time in here watching it.” People travel for different reasons. If the primary goal of your travels is to find someplace new to stream movies, surf the web or just lie around and do nothing, La Belle…

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