Stories By Julia Rhodes
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Movies & TV
Movie Review: Taking Woodstock
December 25, 2023Though his oeuvre includes everything from melodrama to martial arts, Lee’s most endearing projects are intimate,...
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Movies
Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
December 25, 2023Smart though Tarantino may be, his self-aggrandizing filmic techniques grow old. Placing arrows and title cards...
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Movies
Movie Review: District 9
December 24, 2023It is perhaps the most dystopian vision of alien contact ever filmed: the aliens are not...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
September 30, 2023Sunday’s Mad Men was a bit of a doozie, and I’m late to the ball due...
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Movie Review: The Avengers
September 28, 2023Not to compare actors to superheroes, but this cast could easily have exploded in our faces;...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “Lady Lazarus” (Season 5, Episode 8)
September 27, 2023Can you believe we’re already two-thirds through season five? As Pete’s high school crush said a...
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Movies
Movie Review: Dark Shadows
September 24, 2023As Ichabod Crane, as Willy Wonka, Ed Wood, the Mad Hatter, or Sweeney Todd, Depp’s persona...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “Dark Shadows” (Season 5, Episode 9)
September 24, 2023This week marks the return of Betty Francis, the wounded whale. Betty, struggling to lose weight,...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “The Christmas Waltz” (Season 5, Episode 10)
September 20, 2023The Christmas episode of Mad Men always feels strange, as the show airs in spring and...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “The Other Woman” (Season 5, Episode 11)
September 15, 2023I’ve known a lot of men and women who quite simply can’t watch Mad Men. Watching...
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