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The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
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When Film Critics Lose a Bet, Part 2: Tommy Wiseau’s The Room!
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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-13-10
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Movie Review: The Runaways
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The Weekly Listicle: Antiheroes!
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Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
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Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
May 14, 2025With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
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The Weekly Listicle: Worst. Dates. Ever.
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A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
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Book Review: The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow
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Book Review: Jesus: A Biography from a Believer by Paul Johnson
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Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
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Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
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Spoiler Sensitivity: What’s the deal?
May 11, 2025Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: replace “evil” with “spoilers” and you’ve got...
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Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
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The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-6-10
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The Weekly Listicle: SPOILER ALERT
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William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
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Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
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William Gibson: The Father of Cyberpunk
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Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
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What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
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Gen·e·sis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origin by Robert M. Hazen
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
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Michael Behe on The Edge of Evolution
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