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Monday, March 31, 2014

Movie Review: Mr. Peabody and Sherman

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Directed by Rob Minkoff. 2014. A simple test will tell whether Mr. Peabody and Sherman  is a movie for you. The evaluation has nothing to ...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Be Vivaldi.

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Sometimes I wonder whether I actually like to read. Many of my friends read voraciously across all genres, authors, and topics. To be frank...

Writing 101

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Nothing stupefies the amateur so much as what liberties the experts take with impunity. The amateur toils away in obscurity, following the ...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Movie Review: If You Don't, I Will

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or Arrête ou je continue. Written and directed by Sophie Fillières. 2014.  *spoilers* Every movie begins with a promise to its audience:...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Some Classics Whimsy: Coloring Pages

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Some will tell you it is debt, corruption, and slackening moral standards that threaten the prosperity of today's children. I, however,...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Movie Review: 300: Rise of An Empire

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Directed by Noam Murro. 2014. It's wisely observed that solemnity is a breath away from stupidity. Take, for example, the following pa...
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Switching Off vs Switching Over

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It's a trite saying of the self-important that sometimes you just need to relax. The claim isn't even tough to justify, for just ab...
Monday, March 3, 2014

How Not to Write, Think, or Be

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All artists strive for a connection between form and meaning and I'm always happy to point out when they succeed. Take this condemnab...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Joy of Contrarianism

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A great deal of philosophical, scientific, and broadly intellectual investigation involves the search for universal truths: A is A, force e...

Movie Review: Ghostbusters

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Directed by Ivan Reitman. 1984. If George Lucas' Star Wars  prequels are good for nothing else, they demonstrate that you can spend...
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