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2009 Stories by M.V. Moorhead

• Lord of the Lap Dance

  published June 4, 2009

  In the movies, Don Ameche played Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone. Spencer Tracy played Thomas Edison, father of the electric... More >>

• Bad Hare Day

  published May 21, 2009

  The adjective in the title Bad Bugs Bunny, a program of golden-age Warner Bros. cartoons playing at Chandler Cinemas, bears... More >>

• Much Ado About Playthings

  published May 7, 2009

  Just because you want to go to the Phoenix Toy Show doesn’t mean you’re stuck in childhood. So what if the prospect of the largest... More >>

• Captain Marvel

  published April 30, 2009

  Stanley Martin Lieber changed the face of American pop culture. Don’t recognize the name? Chop off the last syllable. As Stan Lee... More >>

• No Joke

  published April 23, 2009

  Hey, did you hear the one about the Irishman, the Swede, and the, uh, person of Polish descent who were looking for something to do this... More >>

• An Awfully Big Adventure

  published April 9, 2009

  “How lovely to have a figure that’s round instead of flat . . .” So sings the teenage ingenue of Bye Bye Birdie... More >>

• Phoenix Film Festival

  published April 2, 2009

  Among the highlights of this year's fest are Hi, My Name Is Ryan (the documentary about Phoenix's eternally youthful Mormon thrash... More >>

• Phoenix Film Festival: Hi My Name Is Ryan

  published April 2, 2009

  One-of-a-kind, irrepressible, and/or insufferable, the Valley’s eternally youthful Mormon thrash vocalist/performance artist Ryan Avery rocks... More >>

• Blazing Saddles

  published March 26, 2009

  The Devil may or may not go down to Georgia on Friday, March 27, but he’d better steer clear of Chester’s Harley-Davidson in Mesa.... More >>

• Super Hiro

  published March 5, 2009

  In case getting to see fine movies isn’t enough of an incentive in itself, here’s another good reason to check out the sixth annual... More >>

• Love Hurts

  published February 26, 2009

  Did you forget to give your sweetie a special night two week ago? Shame on you, but not to worry. Chandler Cinemas is offering a belated -- and... More >>

• Clean and Soba

  published February 19, 2009

  Valley of the Sun, Land of the Rising Sun -- what’s the difference? Not much this weekend, as Matsuri: A Festival of Japan returns to... More >>

• Sing Like an Egyptian

  published January 29, 2009

  “Torture the women!” So said the 19th-century French playwright Sardou, when asked for advice on success in the theater.... More >>

• De-Liverance

  published January 22, 2009

  By the mid-21st century, repossession of organs right out of deadbeat transplant recipients will be legal. That’s the gruesome premise... More >>

• Righteous Brothers

  published January 8, 2009

  Two white-bread guys whose pretty folk duets digress into fraternal bickering – it doesn’t sound like the recipe for a long career in... More >>