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Take a look back at an old trailer… “Fantasy terror.” That’s an interesting way to phrase it. These days, we just call these “horror” stories, and we tend to forget the fantasical elements that remove them from the realm of reality in which a movie like, say, The Silence of the Lambs exists. Or maybe … more…
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
And just as I’m about to head out to endure Death at a Funeral: Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons considers me a must-read. Nice.
We’ve heard tough talk like this from Obama before, and every time — every time — he ends up backtracking and backing down and saying he never said what he said. Guantanamo Bay was gonna be closed. The public option was a necessity. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was gonna end. As with everything else, I … more…
Air travel to and from Europe has been disrupted — it’s been all but nonexistent, in fact — for days now because of the danger posed by the ash cloud being spewed out of the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland. Each day, news reports have been saying things like: Forecasts suggest the cloud of ash … more…
“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.”
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all that street crime isn’t gonna fight itself, and you’ve got to pick up your cape and mask from the dry cleaners, too. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection … more…
You’ve probably seen this already, but in case you haven’t, it’s unmissable: It was decreed by the immutable laws of physics that cats and iPads would collide. I’m only surprised that it appears to have taken full days to happen. Thanks to reader Keith for sending this my way.
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
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