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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
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The State of Celebrity and Meltdowns: Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson
September 30, 2026The sign on the hill. Is Hollywood truly the den of iniquity we mortals perceive it...
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
September 30, 2026Last week we celebrated Despicable Me by building a rogues gallery of our favorite supervillains. Now,...
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...
Fiction Reviews
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...
Movies
Movie Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
September 28, 2026As you probably know – but in case you don't – the concept of the Sorcerer's...
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...
Movies
Perspective and Retrospective: Paging Nicolas Cage
September 28, 2026Cage is content and comfortable playing over-the-top oddballs. He's not the picture of versatility we once...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Supervillains of Evil Evilness
September 28, 2026Despicable Me‘s Gru (Steve Carell). This week’s Despicable Me features two supervillains battling it out in...
Movies
Movie Review: Despicable Me
September 27, 2026Despicable Me is a wonderful piece of entertainment: witty, spry and capable of eliciting its fair...
Movies
Movie Review: Predators
September 27, 2026In the original Predator, and to a limited extent in Predator 2, the backdrop of all...
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta
September 27, 2026It's no surprise that David has musical talent in his DNA. His father is a jazz...
Movies
Whole Lotta Lovecraft: del Toro on deck?
September 26, 2026An adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness is in the works, with...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
September 26, 2026The premise of Philip Pullman’s new book is brilliant. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Crackdown 2
September 26, 2026Playing as a cloned super-human "Agent," Crackdown 2 immediately introduces you to Pacific City, two-time winner...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Sparkle-Free Vampire Movies!
September 26, 2026The Weekly Listicle presents this list of Sparkle-Free Vampire Classics as selected by Julia Rhodes and...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Transformers: War for Cybertron
September 25, 2026All is not well on Cybertron, home of the Transformers. A Civil War has been raging...
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
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Happy Birthday, NC-17!
September 1, 2026The basics of the MPAA’s rating system (from here). Oh, NC-17. You’re like that friend who’s...
The Fourth Wall
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...
After Image
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
September 25, 2026For many years now Chris Columbus and I have had an understanding: He can suck as...
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
September 13, 2026Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
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