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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-13-10
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Movie Review: The Runaways
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The Weekly Listicle: Antiheroes!
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Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
May 14, 2025In the Nashville of the 1960s, songs were typically recorded in an hour or less and...
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Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
May 14, 2025With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
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The Weekly Listicle: Worst. Dates. Ever.
May 13, 2025From Travis Bickle’s unfortunate taste in movies in Taxi Driver, to history’s second most ill-fated prom...
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A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
May 13, 2025Jeff Koons: design sketch for the 17th BMW Art Car 2010 © Jeff Koons, Image Source:...
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Book Review: The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Jesus: A Biography from a Believer by Paul Johnson
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
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Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
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Spoiler Sensitivity: What’s the deal?
May 11, 2025Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: replace “evil” with “spoilers” and you’ve got...
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Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
May 11, 2025Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
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The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
May 11, 2025Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-6-10
May 11, 2025For all the money thrown at Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure, I find myself...
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The Weekly Listicle: SPOILER ALERT
May 11, 2025In honor of April Fool’s Day, The Weekly Listicle issues a SPOILER WARNING as we describe...
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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
May 11, 2025Hot on the heels – or shall we say paws – of Alvin & The Chipmunks...
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Movie Review: Clash of the Titans
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Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
May 10, 2025A hot tub repairman cum “mystical time traveling guy” (Chevy Chase) warns the men that “the...
The Fourth Wall
Happy Birthday, NC-17!
May 9, 2025The basics of the MPAA’s rating system (from here). Oh, NC-17. You’re like that friend who’s...
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Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
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The Fourth Wall
The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
May 9, 2025Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Art & Design
Tim Burton at MoMA
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The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: William and Julia’s Revised Best/Worst Lists of 2009!
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Art
Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
May 8, 2025In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
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Corey Haim Found Dead of Accidental Overdose
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The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
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Art Review: Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris at the Philadelphia Museum Of Art
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Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
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