Gun-Free Entertainment

Chuck Rybak
Dec 20, 2023
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Television

Gun-Free Entertainment #1: Severance

Chuck Rybak
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December 20, 2023
Gun-Free Entertainment #1: Severance

This is the first of what I hope will be a lengthy series of spoiler-free recommendations, reviews, and suggestions for entertainment that don’t include guns in any way. While there are many films, television shows, and books that I like and which include guns, my conscience is weighing on me. Given the unique problem the U.S. has with gun violence and …

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Film

The Greatest Christmas Film Ever Made

Chuck Rybak
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December 24, 2023
The Greatest Christmas Film Ever Made

Hello friends! An incredible holiday giveaway! As this site remains free, you can still subscribe for free! So… Since ‘tis the season, I felt the second installment of Gun-Free Entertainment should be inspired by the holidays. Let me get right to it: not only is

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Gun-Free Entertainment: Past Lives

Chuck Rybak
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Jan 8
Gun-Free Entertainment: Past Lives

Thank you for the overwhelming response to the last post about the arts and our trip to Pasadena! As usual, subcriptions here remain free, so please recommend to others and if you haven’t yourself… As we continue to add to the number of mass shootings and gun deaths in America, I’m hoping a small reprieve might be a group of us taking control of the word…

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Gun-Free Entertainment: Two Films That Explore Obsession

Chuck Rybak
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Feb 15
Gun-Free Entertainment: Two Films That Explore Obsession

Subscriptions here remain free and thank you to everyone who continues to stop by this humble abode. So please, share with others and… As we once again receive news of gun violence erupting in the public square, with one dead and over twenty people injured, I thought it might be time for another installment of “Gun-Free Entertainment.” The two films I’ve…

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Gun-Free Entertainment: Twisters

Chuck Rybak
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Aug 14
Gun-Free Entertainment: Twisters

As always, thank you to all who visit this space. You are always welcome here. This publication remains free, so please recommend to others and also…

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Books

The Uncanny Canyon

Chuck Rybak
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Apr 30
The Uncanny Canyon

I just finished Patricia Lockwood’s No One is Talking About This, which was in the mix for and won all kinds of prizey things. Reading Lockwood’s novel was a different experience, and that makes it hard to talk about in a conventional way. This is a good thing. Better than good. I don’t want to be “spoiler person,” but I t…

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Gun-Free Entertainment: Andrew Krivnak's 'The Bear'

Chuck Rybak
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Jun 4
Gun-Free Entertainment: Andrew Krivnak's 'The Bear'

I have read Andrew Krivnak’s dazzling novel The Bear twice, and I am currently teaching it in a summer course. At just over 200 pages, the novel is a quick read snd the pages are also small. I will do something different here: instead of writing a standard book review, I will give you “reasons to read this book now!” This book is dazzling, profound and …

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