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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – GTA VI, Anthony Bourdain, and Steven Sondheim

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

How many people will be absent from work on Grand Theft Auto VI release day? (WSJ – gift link) Gamers have been waiting 13 years for the next edition of the monster hit open world phenomenon of Grand Theft Auto … Continue reading →

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Nolan’s created a great film, but it’s a revisionist tale – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 4

Posted on July 31, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s Note: For the last couple of weeks I’ve been writing about Homer’s Odyssey in a variety of forms without my reaction to Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film. Here are my thoughts after seeing it twice – once at an Ultra DLX … Continue reading →

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Nolan’s Storytelling Generates Talk – Homer’s The Odyssey Part 3

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s Note: Dear Wife and I saw The Odyssey at the Grand Theater’s Ultra DLX premium format screen (With Atmos sound) in Lincoln, NE over the weekend. I loved it, and DW enjoyed it despite it being way over her limit of … Continue reading →

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British Actor Stephen Fry performs Greek Myths with a Storyteller’s Perspective: Homer’s The Odyssey Part 2

Posted on July 20, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: This is the second of three blog posts taking a look at modern translations/retellings of Homer’s The Odyssey – each in more-or-less a different medium – Emily Wilson’s book with a new translation from Ancient Greek, Stephen Fry’s audiobooks presenting … Continue reading →

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Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 1

Posted on July 15, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

My favorite line from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical comes near the end of the show when George Washington asks the question: “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” That inquiry can be applied to so much … Continue reading →

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Ralph’s Current Media: Disclosure Day, Postmodern Jukebox, Quick Deductions, and Edward Abbey

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Lots of fun items in my media diet this summer including movies, music, video games and old books. Here’s what I’ve been paying particular attention to lately: Steven Spielberg’s new contemporary science fiction movie Disclosure Day is an intriguing and exciting … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s Gone To the Movies: Christopher Nolan’s early, popular and weird films

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

I would be hard pressed to name a more interesting activet film director than Christopher Nolan. His upcoming adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey is the most anticipated movie of the summer, and with Oppenheimer, he managed to turn a historical science … Continue reading →

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Fun with Mando and Baby Yoda

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

I went to see director Jon Favreau’s  Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu at The Grand Theater in downtown Lincoln, NE Thursday at 9:40 a.m. with my Dear Wife. That may be the earliest screening either of us have seen … Continue reading →

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Ralph’s Annual Favorite Movies – 2025 Edition

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE 1/30/26: Please note that I have not seen a number of the big 2025 movies yet which explains some otherwise inexplicable omissions. These include: Marty Supreme – Which I saw last week and loved. It will be somewhere on … Continue reading →

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