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The Brainwashing of My Dad documentary review: pushing back against Fox News

Fri, Mar 18, 2016
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An entertaining look at why Fox News is setting the agenda for what passes for journalism in the U.S, and a tool, perhaps, for deprogramming its adherents.

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RoboCop review: I will notify a cinema crisis center

Mon, Feb 10, 2014
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No black humor. No satire. No point. But hey, check out the 1987 catchphrases dropped in at random!

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The Wind Rises trailer: farewell Miyazaki

Wed, Nov 20, 2013
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Hayao Miyazaki’s final film looks lovely. Which is hardly a surprise. But…

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question of the day: What’s the best topical, in-the-news costume for Halloween 2012?

Fri, Oct 26, 2012
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I think there are some places in America this week where, if you dressed up as a blastocyst, you might actual get yourself a police protection escort, Blastocyst-Americans being in such constant danger from Slut-Americans…

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Rush Limbaugh’s awesome and insane Bane/Bain conspiracy theory (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Jul 19, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2nd trailer, plus notes from a footage reveal)

Tue, Apr 24, 2012
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What we see here, it seems to me, is a blockbuster made more for a global audience than a solely U.S. one…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Michael Jackson: The Inside Story: What Killed the King of Pop?’

Tue, Jun 22, 2010
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Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick? The CIA and the Mafia and the ghost of Lee Harvey Oswald? No? On June 25th, 2009 the death of Michael Jackson shook the world. With a musical legacy spanning decades, he was without doubt one of the world s most influential musicians and a true legend … more…

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question of the day: Have we finally entered the post-satire world?

Thu, Jun 10, 2010
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I woke up this morning to the news that BP has requested that the hilarilous Twitter feed for “BP Public Relations” label itself a parody. It seemed, to my eyes, to be so obviously a parody that no one could mistake it for the real thing, but BP felt otherwise. Via MediaBistro: Twitter VP communications … more…

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Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 07, 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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Zachary Quinto gives up Spock? a Weird Al movie? save ‘Mad Men’s Sal, and more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 31, 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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