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About Ted Hicks

Iowa farm boy; have lived in NYC for 49 years; worked in motion picture labs, film/video distribution, subtitling, media-awards program; obsessive film-goer all my life.

“Black Mass” & “Sicario” – Heavy Metal

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Last Friday I saw Black Mass and Sicario at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square multiplex here in New York. I don’t necessarily recommend seeing two films back-to-back, especially on four hours’ sleep, but they’d just opened that day and I … Continue reading →

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Listening to Marlon – Beyond the Screen

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Listen to Me Marlon, Stevan Riley’s astonishing new film about Marlon Brando, is unlike any documentary I’ve ever seen. During his lifetime, Brando recorded his thoughts about life and work and the world he lived in on hundreds of audio … Continue reading →

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Supersonic Spy Planes & The House of a Thousand Curios

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Ted Hicks

In October of 1966, I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for four years to avoid being drafted into the Army for two. It may seem that I had a problem with math, but the Army could send you anywhere, … Continue reading →

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Famous Monsters and Me – Pt. 4: Christopher Lee

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Ted Hicks

When I heard that Christopher Lee had died on June 7, my first thoughts were of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958), the two British films that made him a star and forever associated Lee with … Continue reading →

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Les Blank & Leon Russell – Gumbo Stew

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Les Blank’s A Poem Is a Naked Person is a very strange animal, a film that resists easy classification. I’ve seen it three times so far at press screenings, so I guess you could say I’ve been hooked. Ostensibly, it’s … Continue reading →

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Oops!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Due to a glitch, the post that appeared earlier today, The Best Seat in the House, was put up before it was entirely ready. A photo was missing from the end and I hadn’t done a final proof of the … Continue reading →

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The Best Seat in the House

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Ted Hicks

This Thursday, June 11, is our tenth (!) wedding anniversary. I’ve been trying, with limited success, to wrap my head around this. Nancy and I met at the movies. This seems appropriate, since films have been a huge part of … Continue reading →

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Films etc. – Three Years Down the Road

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Last Saturday, April 25, marked three years since I started this blog. Since that time I’ve written 77 posts and have gathered 644 followers. I know these aren’t big numbers by Internet standards, but I’m not complaining. Here’s a kind … Continue reading →

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“Goodnight Mommy” – Sweet Dreams

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Goodnight Mommy, which we saw on Saturday as part of the New Directors New Films series, is not scheduled to open in this country until September, but I’m too excited by the film to wait until then to write about … Continue reading →

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Black & White Visions and Pointless Shootouts – 3 Films

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Ted Hicks

Last Friday I saw The Gunman, a film I had hopes for, given that Sean Penn and Javier Bardem were in the cast. From the trailer it appeared to be the kind of action film I like when they’re well … Continue reading →

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