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    Articles by Mark Rahner
    Portanova pictured at Scarecrow Video.
    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John...
    By Mark Rahner • May 12, 2015 6:23 pm

    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John Portanova, I stop him for a clarification: Does he mean true or…

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    Portanova pictured at Scarecrow Video.
    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John...
    By Mark Rahner • May 8, 2015 5:36 pm

    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John Portanova, I stop him for a clarification: Does he mean true or…

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    Kurtzman during his post-Mad career in the ’60s.
    If you could shine a blacklight on American...
    By Mark Rahner • April 28, 2015 11:47 am

    If you could shine a blacklight on American pop culture, you’d see Harvey Kurtzman’s DNA splattered all over it. And…

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    Farrell goes to jail.Warner Bros.
    Imagine the pitch meeting for Get Hard: “What’s...
    By Mark Rahner • March 19, 2015 4:15 pm

    Imagine the pitch meeting for Get Hard: “What’s not funny about prison rape? Am I right?” “Or using ‘keister’ as…

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    At odds in the Oval Office: Wright and Spacey.David Giesbrecht/Netflix
    That sound you’re hearing is no one talking...
    By Mark Rahner • March 10, 2015 6:12 pm

    That sound you’re hearing is no one talking about House of Cards Season 3. Or maybe it’s crickets with a…

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    The Walking Dead’s handsome cast.
    The answer to the whole zombie conundrum came...
    By Mark Rahner • November 11, 2014 3:12 pm

    The answer to the whole zombie conundrum came to me on the night of the midterms two weeks ago, like…

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    They’ll meet again? Lee with MacLachlan.
    If you have an urge for pie and...
    By Mark Rahner • July 24, 2014 4:12 pm

    If you have an urge for pie and coffee, you may be thinking a) I always have an urge for…

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    It seemed like a good idea last month, at least to me:
    It seemed like a good idea last month,...
    By Mark Rahner • May 9, 2014 2:28 pm

    It seemed like a good idea last month, at least to me: Amazon buying comiXology. Launched in 2009, the privately…

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    Cosplayer AZ Power Girl at a recent convention.
    This weekend’s Emerald City Comicon is sold out,...
    By Mark Rahner • March 18, 2014 2:32 pm

    This weekend’s Emerald City Comicon is sold out, so I’ll limit my remarks to the following readers: a) geeks who…

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    Is this Trejo’s last pass as Machete?
    Things I’d rather watch than Meryl Streep and...
    By Mark Rahner • December 18, 2013 5:27 pm

    Things I’d rather watch than Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts play a bickering mother and daughter in August: Osage County:…

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    It’s all smiles in Asgard: Portman and Hemsworth.
    Thor: The Dark World Opens Fri., Nov. 8...
    By Mark Rahner • November 5, 2013 2:47 pm

    Thor: The Dark World Opens Fri., Nov. 8 at Ark Lodge and 
other theaters. Rated PG-13. 112 minutes. Even with…

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    As the Soviet Union’s greatest composer, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was also necessarily
    I don’t worry about Google searches, but if...
    By Mark Rahner • September 13, 2013 3:21 pm

    I don’t worry about Google searches, but if the NSA profiles people by what they rent at Scarecrow Video, I’m…

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    The mechas march out to save mankind.
    In a summer of tentpole fantasy flicks that...
    By Mark Rahner • July 5, 2013 12:13 pm

    In a summer of tentpole fantasy flicks that range from disappointing to polarizing, the no-pedigree Pacific Rim is the film…

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    Pussy tykes
    Pussy tykes
    By Mark Rahner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    “Kid-friendly” Seattle needs to toughen up its offspring. “I like children,” the great W.C. Fields once said. “If they’re properly…

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    • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
    • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
    • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
    • Police arrest Auburn man accused of trying to kidnap barista
    • Housing costs, homelessness among top issues in WA, survey says

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