I’ve spent a lifetime worrying about Russia. When I was a kid, it was Communism (out to take over the world!), Sputnik (they were in space first!), the constant threat of nuclear war (in case of nuclear attack huddle under…
Monthly Archives: February 2022
COMES THE BOOGEYMAN: Russia and a Lifetime of Nightmares
Tagged with: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Cuba Missile Crisis, East Germany, Eric Hansen, From Russia With Love, James Bond, John lew Carre, Khrushchev, Nazis, nuclear war, Russia, Sputnik, Stasi, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Ukraine, USSR, Vladimir Putin
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The Ghostbuster: Ivan Reitman Remembered
When I first met Ivan Reitman, the most successful commercial filmmaker Canada ever produced who has died at the age of 75, it was back in the dark days when he was producing low-budget exploitation movies. I have this memory…
Tagged with: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, David Cronenberg, Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman, Meatballs, National Lampoon's Animal House, Shivers
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Ron Base Writes 