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The Walking Dead Recap: “Hounded” (Season 3, Episode 6)
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The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Turf War’ (Season 1, Episode 7)
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Vegas Recap: ‘Bad Seeds’ (Season 1, Episode 7)
February 21, 2026Tonight, it’s all business in Vegas. The bodies of Cornaro and his associate turn up in...
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Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook
February 21, 2026Much of the time, a movie just can’t offer the sort of character depth and development...
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Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians
February 20, 2026In Rise of the Guardians, we discover that not only are Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy...
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Diablo Ballet’s Swingin’ Holiday
February 20, 2026This small company has bagged a big quotient of ballet artistry thanks to intelligent and sensitive...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Big Heat, #49
February 20, 2026Bannion is a tough-talking homicide detective investigating the suicide of another cop. He questions the dead...
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Charlie Chan: A Hero of Sorts
February 20, 2026An ethnic image is tricky, full of half-truths and snapshot attributes. In the Chan mysteries, there...
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Video Games
Putting the Assassin’s Creed Franchise Under the Knife – Part 1
February 20, 2026The word “Assassin” in the title is increasingly becoming the biggest lie in the series, and...
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Dance
Diablo Ballet’s Newest Member and Comeback Kid, Aaron Orza
February 20, 2026I would say that compared to the what the women face, competition is not so ruthless...
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Movies
Movie Review: Anna Karenina
February 19, 2026The hard truth, impossible to dodge, is that this is not Tolstoy’s world. It is more...
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The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Game Changers’ (Season 1, Episode 8)
February 19, 2026Someone somewhere must have (or have had) faith in The Mob Doctor’s future. This week, the...
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Art
Art Review: Picasso Black and White
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‘Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection’ Review
February 18, 2026Though Tarantino has said he plans to retire from filmmaking after his tenth film, there will...
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Revolution Recap: Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Season 1, Episode 10)
February 18, 2026A recap/review of Revolution- Nobody's Fault But Mine (Season 1, Episode 10)
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Thrillers
The Walking Dead Recap: “When the Dead Come Knocking” (Season 3, Episode 7)
February 18, 2026It seems that while The Walking Dead suffered in the wake of Frank Darabont’s unceremonious departure...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Get Carter, #48
February 18, 2026After launching his career with star turns in Alfie, The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin,...
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The Office Recap: The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
February 17, 2026A recap/review of The Office- The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
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The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Fluid Dynamics’ (Season 1, Episode 9)
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Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
June 11, 2026This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
History
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
June 20, 2026A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
Art
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
July 3, 2026Posters are visual illustrations of the slogans that surround the people of North Korea constantly. North...
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George & Jacintha: On the Limits of Literary Biography
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Jennifer Sey on the Harsh World of Elite Gymnastics
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Battle for Falluja: Photos from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
June 19, 2026The captured fighter claimed to be a student who had gotten stuck in Falluja. A Marine...
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Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary
June 30, 2026"The next generation of physicists and cosmologists will have the fun and excitement of discovering the...
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Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
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The Drawings of Alfred Kubin
July 8, 2026Kubin had something quite different in mind: with his hallucinatory incantations he was seeking to disturb...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Einstein in Japan
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