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Walkey Talk: Death of the Guilty Pleasure

Posted by Michael Walkey | Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:23pm

Summertime is traditionally not the greatest time of year for television. Every once in a while a surprise summer sensation sneaks under the radar and completely enthralls the public (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Survivor). This year was no exception, as the summer of 2010 will be remembered as the year that brought the return of that great piece of cinematic art: Wipeout. Okay, so Wipeout is not really art, nor is it even cinema. But it sure is a piece of something!

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Walkey Talk: This Kid’s Personal Karate Journey

Posted by Michael Walkey | Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 7:07pm

The big screen releases of The A Team and The Karate Kid has everyone all giddy for 1980s nostalgia. Critics always get upset over studios' unapologetic insistence of remaking classic films, and with good reason. Nothing screams cash grab more than a remake. Aside from dating myself, remaking the 1984 film The Karate Kid has other personal effects on me. Is the film considered a classic? Perhaps not by highbrow types such as The Library of Congress or The American Film Institute.

But anyone who was the right age when the film initially came out would beg to differ. Why is this so? Because watching films are a personal experience like no other. If music is the soundtrack of our lives, as Dick Clark once said, then films are the blueprint that shapes them.

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Walkey Talk: A Personal Journey Through Pop Culture

Posted by Michael Walkey | Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 2:44pm

The world of entertainment can be a crazy and complicated affair. Topic after topic, discussion after discussion. With so much information out there these days, how do you know who to trust? Who's got the inside track? Whose opinion is the right one? That is where I come into play. In this new regular column, you will find various posts revolving around the who, what, where and most importantly the why. Let me stress that again, the why? That's what we're all trying to figure out, right? Why? Well that's what I'm here to help you with. With my own unbiased opinion and provocative writing style I will hopefully create topics for the masses to discuss at dinner, or at Town Hall meetings, or in Universities... okay, so maybe not that far. Perhaps I'll just give you a chuckle on your way to work. But that's fine, I can live with that.

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