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The time has come, the walrus said, TO TALK OF MANY THINGS of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings by Sal Giarratani

ARE WE REALLY WHEN I THINK OF DEDHAM, BRAHMS: features their newest hit song, PROGRAMMED I DON’T THINK THE BOY II (Blu-ray) “Bullet Holes,” from the new TO FOLLOW ORDERS? ITALIAN FOOD Universal Pictures Home Ent. blockbuster John Wick 3 movie I love listening to Clyde Lewis Evil has found a new friend soundtrack. Additional cuts on on his Ground Zero radio show in Brahms: The Boy II, the this awesome box set has, “The on AM 1200 at midnight on spine-tingling and devilishly Chemicals Between Us,” “This weeknights. He is pretty much inventive follow up to The Boy. is War,” “The Sound of Winter,” known as a conspiracy theorist The fi lm follows a mother fi ght- “Body,” “The Disease of Dancing talking about Big Foot, Area 51, ing to save her family from a Cats,” and “Little Things.” evil demons, and spaceships. dangerous supernatural force EYE SEE YOU – SPECIAL He tells it like he sees it, has L-R: Brian Girard with owner and the surprising dangers EDITION (Blu-ray) some weird guests, but is so Ronald Hidalgo at The that lie ahead. Unaware of the MVD Marquee Collection entertaining. Sportsman’s Den located in terrifying history of Heelshire A brutal serial killer is target- Recently, talking about the Quincy. Mansion, a young family moves ing cops, and alcoholic detective pandemic, he spoke of so many of us who simply like following (Photo by Sal Giarratani) Santoro’s Sicilian Trattoria into a guesthouse, after surviv- Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) in Dedham orders from governors and may- They already heard of this paper ing a traumatic home invasion returns to the force following a (Photo by Sal Giarratani) that left their son a near mute. stay in a remote detox clinic, ors acting like Mussolini, telling and liked it. The Broadside has On the estate, their young son and he is on the warpath. But us where to go, what to eat, lots of fans down there. Since the pandemic outbreak, soon fi nds in the backyard of now the killer is making it what color our masks should EAST BOSTON I have taken up daily power the mansion, an eerily life-life personal as Jake’s friends and be. Too many of us seem to like NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH walks that start in Roslindale porcelain doll he calls Brahms. families are targeted, and now taking orders. CENTER OPENS COVID-19 and end way up on Route 109 in The bone-chilling Brahms: The this dedicated agent is twisted I think we need to get the TESTING FOR ALL Dedham. My roundtrip is about Boy II stars Katie Holmes as in an emotional nightmare. economy opened up before On May 22nd, I called the 7.2 miles, not bad for this old a mother who increasingly Time is running out, and so are there is no economy left. Keep Health Center and went over to guy who refuses to feel old. becomes uneasy and terror- the options, as Malloy engages this up; we become a very Suffolk Downs to get tested for On my trek in Dedham, I ized by her son’s new super- in an extreme game of cat-and- large Venezuela going down the the coronavirus. Short lines and always pass a neat restaurant natural “friend.” The Universal mouse with a killer who won’t tubes. We are killing small busi- it took less than 10 minutes and Santoro’s Sicilian Trattoria on Pictures Home Entertainment be stopped. nesses, who like Charlie on the I was driving away from the tent. Bridge Street (109 west) just release of this terrifying sequel DYNAMO – MBTA may never return. I haven’t had any symptoms. down the street from the West includes 20 additional minutes SPECIAL EDITION (Blu-ray) More and more are fi ghting In fact, I am feeling great. Roxbury VA Medical Center on of exclusive bonus content that VCI Ent. back, protesting in the streets, Exercising every day and tak- the VFW Parkway. When restau- will take you deeper inside the A cab driver is discovered by and speaking out because ing off needless pounds. I have rants fi nally re-open, I’m going frightening would of Brahms, corrupt producers as a succes- everyone’s business is essen- lost 22 pounds to date and my to check out this establishment. including chilling, deleted and sor to superstar Dynamo (Bruce tial, as is our liberty. However, diabetes is disappearing. I also WHEN THE PANDEMIC ENDS alternate scenes and a never- Lee); they fi nd his rebellious still too many seem to blindly am eating good food. I’M HEADING FOR before-seen alternate ending. and individual nature may be go along with the program. I HOME SMART THE LAKE Audiences everywhere can too much for even their mas- always thought that liberty was HOT PROPERTIES witness the haunting story of sive enterprise to contain. This in our DNA. As someone whose maternal Brahms slowly unfold, as it 2K restoration of the original WHY EVEN BOTHER TO family roots are in Charlestown exposes a trail of death and 35mm English print, is a fan SET CAPACITY LIMITS and as someone who called this disaster leading back to the favorite in the sub-genre of With getting closer and closer community home for almost a supernatural doll. Bruceploitation, and stars Ho to re-opening up the state dozen years, I read with more WUTHERING HEIGHTS (DVD) Tsung-Tao (Bruce Li), Ku Feng economy and businesses, it than mere interest a full-page Liberation Hall and Chiang Tao. will mean more and more folks home profi le in the Home Smart Mistreated foundling GUTTERBALLS (Blu-ray) jumping back on the transit pages of the Boston Herald on nd Heathcliff and Catherine fall Unearthed Films system in numbers not seen May 22 . The piece of property The Inn on Newfound Lake in love, but she marries a A bowling night will turn over the past nine or so weeks for sale was on Main Street right wealthy man, Edgar Linton, so into a bloody death match for a since we started social distanc- outside Thompson Square. The When my daughter was Heathcliff becomes obsessed team of teenagers, as a deranged ing, sheltering in place, etc. structure at 121 Main Street is young, I remember those fam- with getting revenge. Nor can serial killer is taking them down The “T” promises not to pack more than 200 years old, unit ily trips to the Newfound Lake he satiate his thirst for revenge, one at a time. A brutally sadis- folks into trains, buses and 3 is for sale, two-bedrooms, two area. It was easy to get up to manifested through his own tic rape leads to a series of streetcars like cans of sar- bathrooms penthouse on the Route 93 in New Hampshire loveless marriage to Edgar’s bizarre, gory murders during dines. However, management market for $1,050,000. and a short ride over to Route sister Isabella. In this television a midnight disco bowl-a-rama stated it will not strictly enforce I wonder how long this seller’s 3 in Bridgewater, NH, just up adaptation of Emily Bronte’s at a popular bowling alley. One any social distancing on their market will continue because the street from Bristol, NH, Wuthering Heights, realism by one, players of two teams equipment. sooner than later with the mere where all the little shops, din- and gothic symbolism com- meet blood-drenched gruesome I never heard anything so snap of a fi nger, we could switch ers, supermarket, and ice cream bine to form a romance novel deaths at the hands of a black dumb in my life! A policy that right over to a buyer’s market shop were. that’s full of social relevance. bowling-gloved masked killer. won’t be enforced is no policy as both this pandemic and the Summertime was the best up Follow the self-destructive jour- This alley runs red with blood at all and only endangers driv- cratering out of our economy there. Maybe when the COVID- ney of Heathcliff, as he seeks by sunrise. ers and operators who could be continues in response to it. I see 19 stuff is over, it will be back revenge for losing his soul mate, WHAT THE WATERS LEFT risking their lives trying to make housing values dropping and I up for some good old R&R. I Catherine, to Edgar Linton. BEHIND (Blu-ray) the MBTA safer for everyone see rental properties going for loved staying at an 18th century Themes such as good versus Unearthed Films who depends on the system far less. Inn that still operates! evil, chaos and order, selfi sh- On November 10th1985, ris- getting to and from work. ness, betrayal, and obsession – ing waters from a broken dam Either you have a policy or intertwine as the story unfolds. fl ooded the town of Epecuén; you don’t. CAR CORNER Bronte’s Wuthering Height is the settlement remained under- JUDGE RIPS BAKER OVER Here’s a great 1956 a symbolic and psychological water for 30 years. When the GUN SHOPS CLOSINGS Ford Thunderbird I passed study of the nature of love. waters receded it revealed a Massachusetts gun shops by at Meineke Car Care on BUSH - LIVE IN TAMPA ghostly ruin, although the re-opened after being declared Southern Artery in Quincy. (Blu-ray+DVD+Audio CD) town was still intact and stayed “nonessential” businesses The general manager is Cleopatra Ent. deserted, at least they thought. thanks to a Federal Judge Chris Chetwynd and the Performing to a sold out One fateful day, a group of that criticized Gov. Charlie car is owned by Skip Ryan. crowd of 10,000 die-hard young fi lmmakers visited the Baker’s decision to close these Lucky guy that Skip is! fans in Tampa, during their ruins to fi lm a documentary. shops due to the COVID-19 critically acclaimed 2019 Ignoring the warnings, they shutdown. U.S. District Judge Altimate Tour,Bush rocks get stranded, only to discover Douglas Woodlock stated the Here’s a 1964 Ford Tampa like never before! that someone or something move an “improper burden” on Falcon I found back down This concert features the has moved back in and is not the Second Amendment and at Royal Car Tops in West band’s biggest hits includ- happy to see them. One by one that Baker did not give a good Roxbury. Classic car in ing, “Machinehead,” “Glycerine,” the visitors soon fi nd that you reason for these closings. The its day! Among the first “Comedown,” “Swallowed,” don’t have to go to Texas for a Judge added “These plaintiffs compacts in 1962 when it “Everything Zen,” and also massacre. have Constitutional rights that came out. deserve respect and vindication and it becomes necessary for a court to do that rather than the While cleaning out stuff Photo Submission Guidelines executive when the executive in the cellar I came upon an Photos submitted for publication should have a declines.” old Sunday Boston Herald minimum resolution of 150 dpi (or ppi), Recently, I stopped by The dated September 18, 1983. I 300 dpi for best results. Photos taken with cam- Sportsman’s Den a cool gun noticed a half-page ad from era phones are typically only 72 dpi and will be shop on the South Shore on Wilmington Ford up off of too grainy to print. If taking photos for a sub- Southern Artery, in Quincy. I Route 93 where this dealership was selling a brand new mission, please use a digital camera. If supplying dropped off a bundle of Boston Ford F150 going for only $6,875. Nowadays, that could be Broadside newspapers that I a down payment on it. existing photos, please submit a high-quality print for scanning. (Photos by Sal Giarratani) also write commentaries for.