Dakin Matthews (born November 7, 1943) is an American actor with a long history of work in film, television and theater. He is also a playwright, director and theatrical scholar. Matthews was born in Oakland, California. He initially aspired to become a Roman Catholic priest, studying in San Francisco and then at Gregorian University in Rome in the 1960s. His growing interest in drama, however, led him to teach at Juilliard where he taught,...
Mattie enters Stonehill's office on her second day in town and takes a seat a...
Mattie insists that Col. Stonehill is responsible for the theft of her father...
After she threatens litigation the Col. squirms in his chair and relents.
Col. Stonehill haggles in earnest with the young girl who proves to be quite ...
“Everything a joke to you, Fletch?” “Everything, Sam.” It’s like the first notes of the first song that I ever heard. A song that I can’t stop humming. See, I’m both afflicted by the plague of smartassery and fascinated by it; spending too much time analyzing it, absorbing it and writing about it. It even [...]
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After a trip into drug-fueled crazy, last night’s Mad Men returned to its senses, focusing on the ever devolving state of Don and Megan’s marriage, Peggy and Abe’s political divide, and the repercussions that come with Roger’s “Peter Pan” mentality. Playing House Never saw this coming: after a saber clash between Don and Ted for [...]
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Every week, we’ll take a look at the biggest stories in entertainment news, sports, politics, news news, and pop culture, and we’re going to present them to you here on THE WEEKLY WIND-UP PODCAST in about 15 minutes. Good deal right? Yes, your choice for sound clips is filling you in on all the news [...]
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A criminally under-worshipped film from the 1980s, Lost in America exists both as a comedic cautionary tale for all those who seek to embrace their inner Thoreau and the notion that well-fed boredom can be toppled by a mindless divorce from the swaddle cloth of society. Co-written, directed and starring Albert Brooks, Lost in America [...]
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Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen some large sea changes on Mad Men, so many changes that we seemed due for a break. Last night’s episode, “The Crash” was a break in more ways than one and an unanticipated jaunt through the back alleys of show creator Matthew Weiner’s mind. The Stalker We’ve never [...]
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Every week, we’ll take a look at the biggest stories in entertainment news, sports, politics, news news, and pop culture, and we’re going to present them to you here on THE WEEKLY WIND-UP PODCAST in about 15 minutes. Good deal right? Yes, your choice for sound clips is filling you in on all the news [...]
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