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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
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All Of This Has Happened Before: Step Up Revisited!
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October 2, 2026Obviously the message of the film is that making fun of others is cruel, unfair, even...
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The Weekly Listicle: Animated/Animatronic Animals Galore!
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Walks With Men by Ann Beattie
October 2, 2026Beattie, like in so much of her earlier work, leaves a lot to the imagination. Between...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Lucy by Laurence Gonzales
October 2, 2026Lucy, half human, half bonobo monkey, was genetically engineered by her scientist father, so that “humans...
Movies
Out of the Ashes: John Carpenter back in the game?
October 2, 2026As of July 24th, we are two months away from the release date set for John...
Art & Design
Art Review: An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing “The Gross Clinic” Anew
October 1, 2026The image of Dr. Gross evoked memories of scenes of carnage which Americans, north and south,...
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Movie Review: Salt
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Video Games
Video Game Review: LIMBO
October 1, 2026It really isn’t the most interesting of games, and if approached with traditional expectations, can be...
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You Can Quote Us: SyFy’s Sharktopus Trailer!
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The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: San Diego Comic Con Edition!
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The State of Celebrity and Meltdowns: Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
September 30, 2026Tell-All follows the general plotline of the movie Sunset Boulevard, which pairs a down-and-out young writer...
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The Weekly Listicle: Sidekicks and Why the World Needs Them
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Video Games
Video Game Review: DeathSpank
September 29, 2026Even ignoring the jokes, DeathSpank is a delightful videogame. The environments are memorable and distinctive, even...
Movies
Movie Review: Inception
September 29, 2026Inception is a psychological action-thriller that completely redefines the genre. Flawless pacing, spectacular effects, gorgeous sets...
After Image
The Most Offensive Painting Ever Made
September 29, 2026Yiull Damaso has achieved a true artistic milestone. He has created what is quite possibly the...
Espionage
Book Review: The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
September 29, 2026Stephen King said that Olen Steinhauer's spy book, The Tourist, is "the best spy novel I've...
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Movie Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
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Video Games
Video Game Review: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
September 28, 2026As designed by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and David Grossman, Monkey Island 2 represents the height...
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
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Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
September 4, 2026Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Art
How to Get Your Work in the Louvre? Hang it up Yourself!
September 9, 2026Ironically, while Mr. Guérineau has indicated a desire to infuse France’s museums with fresh blood and...
Movies
Catching Up With 2010: Percy Jackson The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
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Movies
Bret Easton Ellis: Film requires the male gaze, female directors need not apply
September 15, 2026Movieline printed an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis, whose most famous work is probably American...
Art
Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Masterpiece Revisited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
September 7, 2026While one might be tempted to attribute the project's failure to grandiose ambition, the success of...
Art & Design
Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
September 18, 2026In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
Art
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
September 17, 2026Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
Art
Larry Rivers, NYU, and Child Pornography
September 27, 2026How should we respond, however, when sexual abuse is the subject of a piece and a...
Art
The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
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Art
Alice Leora Briggs: Art from Juárez
September 18, 2026While Briggs subject matter is unpleasant, her work has a dark beauty and an immediacy not...
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