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Entries from May 2008

The Andromeda Strain

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

A&E’s remake of The Andromeda Strain was a blink and you’ll miss it affair. Once upon a time, a lavish 4 hour miniseries based on a Michael Crichton novel, and executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott would have been a headline television event. Those days are long gone.
Whether this re-make disappeared off the radar […]

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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: The Post-Mortem

May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Two weeks prior to its release, I wrote a review of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. My pre-release review was equal parts contempt and resignation, swirled around with a jigger of blogger’s snarkiness. It was a sophomoric stunt, to be sure, but one with a point… that this is a movie […]

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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

May 13th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is like that awkward drink you have with your ex-girlfriend years later. You smile, but your heart isn’t really in it. After it’s all over, you know it was a bad idea, and you’ll be happier when it’s all forgotten.

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MUSIC: Radiohead’s In Rainbows

May 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A quick guide to In Rainbows.
I like Radiohead. “Creep” was a fluke that would have, no, should have been a footnote in pop music history. It’s a silly piece of mopery, with an unironically majestic chorus that caught the ear of the mainstream. Unfortunately, these guys are “smart” - something that is deadly […]

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Q & A with Brownmark Films “What What (In The Butt)”

May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The creators of the internet phenomenon “What What (In The Butt)” speak out about being parodied by South Park and the future of internet video.

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