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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Lancelot and Guinevere’ (Season 2, Episode 4)
September 7, 2023One of the real points of interest in Merlin is watching the way the show takes...
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Movies
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
September 7, 2023The director’s signature speedy, frenetic zooms punctuate a film that’s smoothly paced and winkingly earnest. The...
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Movies
Movie Review: Brave
September 7, 2023This is not your typical Disney princess rendition of romance. In fact, it has no essential...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 8
September 7, 2023Tucker’s resignation is the two-headed calf or woman giving birth to rabbits of the modern era:...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Season 2, Episode 5)
September 6, 2023At first glance it seems absolutely obvious what is going on here: to whit, some pretty...
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Movies
Movie Review: Dark Horse
September 6, 2023Dark Horse is Todd Solondz' most accessible movie since his masterpiece Happiness, but that doesn't mean...
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Blog-Dance
Wepa! It’s Aqua Zumba!
September 5, 2023“The way I see it,” says Solano, “is that the endorphins kick in and make you...
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Movies & TV
The Newsroom Recap: We Just Decided To (Season 1, Episode 1)
September 5, 2023The Newsroom is smart, energetic and definitely going to keep audiences’ attention. Too bad we have...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Valachi Papers, #70
September 5, 2023While the acting is choppy and sometimes overly dramatic in The Valachi Papers, the story stays...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 2
September 5, 2023It rather sums up the problem which I noted last episode (and which will appear even...
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Books
Book Review: The Second World War by Antony Beevor
September 4, 2023Hitler’s Final Solution was not a separate campaign of mass murder, parallel to the fighting on...
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After Image
Landscape and Memory: Wildfires Threaten Colorado’s Built Heritage
September 4, 2023As environmental writer Bill McKibben noted on Twitter, the evacuation of the nation’s center for research...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 1
September 4, 2023Still, nice to know the BBC’s independence is sufficiently robust (despite the continual brickbats cast at...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve — Season 1, Episode 3
September 4, 2023There’s a fine line between criticising a show and simply describing the show you think it...
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Movies
Movie Review: Magic Mike
September 3, 2023The genesis of Magic Mike came from conversations between Tatum and Soderbergh while filming Haywire. Tatum...
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Games
Video Game Review: Lollipop Chainsaw
September 3, 2023The game’s main protagonist, zombie hunting high school cheer leader Juliet, is, like, totally blonde and...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast II’ (Season 2, Episode 6)
September 3, 2023“Fair is foul and foul is fair” as the witches in Macbeth chant. The only person...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap — Season 1, Episode 4
September 3, 2023But this is the source of Boris’ power (the power pertaining to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Witchfinder’ (Season 2, Episode 7)
September 2, 2023I can’t believe I seem to be suggesting that Merlin is better than The Crucible but...
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Movies & TV
Twenty Twelve Recap — Season 1, Episode 5
September 2, 2023One of the key questions they’ve agreed to ask the candidates is what exactly they think...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Me, #72
September 10, 2023But the gang becomes even more powerful behind bars, controlling the drug trade out on the...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
September 28, 2023So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Everybody Dies’ (Season 8, Episode 22 – Series Finale)
September 19, 2023And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did...
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
September 8, 2023A recap/review of The Killing: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Lady of the Lake’ (Season 2, Episode 9)
August 30, 2023That which will be given to Freya must be stolen from Arthur, and so Merlin goes...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Once and Future Queen’ (Season 2, Episode 2)
September 8, 2023Meanwhile Arthur himself is suffering from tragic royal ennui. He worries that the only reason he...
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)
September 14, 2023A recap/review of The Killing Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)
September 22, 2023Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Season 2, Episode 5)
September 6, 2023At first glance it seems absolutely obvious what is going on here: to whit, some pretty...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Lancelot and Guinevere’ (Season 2, Episode 4)
September 7, 2023One of the real points of interest in Merlin is watching the way the show takes...