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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) movie review: winged infamy

Tue, Feb 24, 2015
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It’s all a bit satirical. Or maybe not. Look, over there, Shakespeare in a superhero cape!

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Alone Yet Not Alone trailer: the most horrifically racist thing you’ll see this year

Thu, Feb 06, 2014
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This is really hard to take when it’s supposedly the work of people who think Jesus has their back.

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is it The New York Times’ fault so many movies get released?

Sun, Jan 12, 2014
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Still, someone needs to be curating all these movies, finding the ones that are worth seeing and promoting them to movie lovers.

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QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
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There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.

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apparently Uggie is a fraud (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
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Sam Raimi’s Day of the Triffids (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Mar 02, 2012
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question of the day: What do you think of last night’s Oscar ceremony, and what do you think of the winners?

Mon, Feb 27, 2012
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I felt a lot of disdain rolling off the screen for the very people that the Academy is allegedly honoring for actually finding that truth this past year…

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General Aladeen triumphs over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zionists! (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Feb 26, 2012
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question of the day: Are the Oscars an ever clearer indication that Hollywood *knows* it makes crap?

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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Because the divide between the movies Hollywood makes for popular consumption are increasingly not the ones Hollywood honors as quality work…

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the lowest common denominator just got a whole lot lower (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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