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Okay, here I am, going to write about fathers and Father's Day and all the joys that a positive male role model can have on a fertile and impressionable child and/or children. I apologize if I disappoint, and I hope to have another happy American ending for a column I'm asked to write to uplift, impress, and inspire those of you who celebrate this auspicious day in our calendar. I may fall short in that endeavor. My father grew up in a...

Pelicans According to a tweet from Shams Charania of The Athletic on Tuesday, the New Orleans Pelicans and executive VP David Griffin are now listening to trade offers for disgruntled superstar Anthony Davis. This news comes a week after David Griffin met with Anthony Davis for breakfast in Los Angeles to try and convince Davis to stay with the newly revamped franchise. According to ESPN, the two sides agreed to continue...

Even writer/director Jim Jarmusch's better films (Broken Flowers, Down by Law) walk a fine line between low-key, deadpan comedy and total cinematic inertia. It's something Jarmusch's new film, The Dead Don't Die, struggles with as well, but without much success. The combination of Jarmusch's brand of humor with the zombie genre has potential. There's also a strong cast (Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Danny Glover) playing the residents...

The newest series of X-Men films (beginning with 2011's X-Men: First Class) appears to be drawing to a close after four movies, with the underwhelming Dark Phoenix.
Written and directed by Simon Kinberg, Dark Phoenix sees the telepathic Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) become uncontrollably powerful after an encounter with a mysterious celestial force. Invading aliens (led by Jessica Chastain) want to use Grey's new power...