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Private Dick: The Donald Strachey Mysteries

August 26, 2010
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The here! network is most known–among people who actually know of its existence–for producing what is basically gay softcore porn disguised as supernatural drama.  Dante’s Cove and The Lair are both incredibly fun shows, but they are so incredibly fun, because they are so (one would hope, deliberately) terrible, with often cringingly bad dialogue, acting, [...]

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“Modern Family”: The Kids Are All Right

August 20, 2010
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The most revolutionary thing about The Kids Are All Right is how mundane it is.  That is not to say it’s boring or small or unimportant, but that the family at its center is just like any other “typical” American family–two parents and two kids (a boy and a girl) who laugh and love and [...]

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“Game On!”: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

August 14, 2010
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There are few things in life that delight me as much as a thoroughly, gleefully geeky project, carried out in that uniquely geeky manner whereby references to geek culture–particularly the films and comic books and television shows and games geeks grew up imbibing–are tweaked and satirized, even as one can tell that, at their heart, [...]

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DVD Flashback: The Princess Bride

August 12, 2010
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Note: This review contains spoilers for The Princess Bride. If you’re the last person on the planet to have not seen it, or you were born after the Eighties, or some other silly reason like that, you might want to watch it before reading.  Trust me, it’s worth it. I sometimes wonder whether Rob Reiner [...]

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Not Another Gay Movie: I Love You, Phillip Morris

August 5, 2010
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In honor of the monumental overruling of Proposition 8 in California yesterday, I could think of no better way to celebrate on my comparatively frivolous pop-culture-minded website than to review a film that has remained shelved in the United States even though it has been critically acclaimed, even though it is extremely good, and even [...]

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“Dreamweaver”: Christopher Nolan’s Inception

July 27, 2010
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Inception is far simpler than meets the eye.  This is not intended to be a slam on a film I actually enjoyed a great deal and found to be an often rapturously gorgeous piece of cinematic art, but with all of the hoopla that has surrounded Christopher Nolan’s latest opus and intense discussions debating its [...]

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DVD Flashback: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth

July 22, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for Labyrinth, so if you are the last person on the planet to have not seen it, or you were born after the Eighties, or some other silly reason like that, you might want to watch it before reading.  Trust me, it’s worth it. When Jim Henson’s visionary fantasy [...]

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Simply Magical: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

July 13, 2010
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Very, very loosely based on the classic Mickey Mouse sequence from Fantasia, which was itself based on an eighteenth century poem by Goethe, the new live-action Disney film, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Jon Turteltaub, is saddled with a clunky script, a simultaneously leaden and hammy performance by Nicholas Cage [...]

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Super Villain: Despicable Me

July 8, 2010
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Remember back when Pixar was the only studio presenting computer animated films with intelligent writing, fantastic voice acting, beautiful graphics, and most importantly, heart?  Now, this is no longer always true.  Pixar is certainly the most consistent in terms of quality.  It pretty much always guarantees the viewer a near-perfect film.  Alternate studios, however, sometimes [...]

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Chase Sequence: Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection

July 5, 2010
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Own it on DVD! Check out the official site! Synopsis: Celebrate the most enduring team in animation history with a collection fans will want to chase and catch! Stars of their own theatrical shorts, movies and TV series, Tom and Jerry make the pursuit of pursuit eternal fun. This 2-Disc, 30-Short Collection samples many of their best (including 7 Academy Award winners) over the [...]

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