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Spotlight movie review: all the pope’s men

Wed, Jan 06, 2016
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An elegy for old-school reportage and the people who pursue it, and a journalistic procedural with a snappy rush of urgent discovery and consequence.

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Huffington Post won a Pulitzer? crap (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Apr 20, 2012
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Data meets Pond (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Apr 19, 2012
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a critic gets a bit of love and respect in these dark days for arts journalism (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Apr 18, 2012
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question of the day: What would be the ultimate awful summer movie?

Fri, Apr 08, 2011
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The blockbuster season is creeping up on us, and with it comes the specter of really really terrible movies. It’s as inevitable as sunburn, sand in your sneakers, and mosquito bites. My ultimate awful summer movie? I imagine it might look something like this…

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Green Lantern’s CGI wardrobe, cutting the cord to cable TV, sexy Shrek, and more: leftover links

Sat, Apr 17, 2010
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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…

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