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“Remain Indoors”

Wed, Mar 25, 2020
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Absolutely timeless. Unfortunately. #RemainIndoors

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Gemini Man movie review: the last hurrah of the movie star

Thu, Oct 10, 2019
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No movie has ever been higher-concept than this: Today-aged Will Smith versus CGI-young Will Smith! It’s the future of film in an anemic, tedious, ironically dated spy-action shell. Bafflingly awful.

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movie-related flash-fiction freebie: “Disney Dystopia”

Mon, Sep 02, 2019
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“Hey, so you wanna go to the disneys tonight?”

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Hannibal: the thrill is the terror, and the terror is the thrill

Mon, Aug 31, 2015
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Perverse. Completely perverse. And completely seductive. Do I love it, or is it evil? Is it a wrong thing if it’s both?

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corporate journalmalism at its finest (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jan 11, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Revolution: Pilot (review)

Fri, Sep 14, 2012
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Revolution does not appear interested in committing to its own premise…

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are we being overzealous with the spoiler warnings? (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, Aug 13, 2012
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Darth Vader meets Batman, on the subway (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Aug 11, 2012
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is NBC’s Revolution a *complete* theft of S.M. Stirling’s Dies the Fire? (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Aug 10, 2012
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is this really a collection of Terry Gilliam’s notes and sketches? (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Aug 05, 2012
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