Category: entertainment
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The German Doctor
So, let’s say you’re Josef Mengele. Just hypothetically speaking. And you’re hiding out somewhere in South America because there are quite a lot of people who want to put your head in a noose. Which would you do: a) Use the Nazi gold you smuggled out of Germany to buy a villa high in the… Read.
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The Immortalists
I’ve got to hand it to the guys who made The Immortalists: I wouldn’t know where to begin making a documentary about a couple of guys who sincerely believe they can live forever by not only stopping the aging process, but even reversing it. How do you talk to people who talk like that without… Read.
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To Be Takei
People who don’t know George Takei as Mister Sulu from Star Trek might know him from his popular Facebook posts, or from his work to promote marriage equality, or from his role in Allegiance, a musical about the internment camps where Japanese-Americans were held during the second world war. There are many ways To Be… Read.
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Intruders
Intruders is probably the best thriller I’ve seen in years. A young screen writer retreats to a secluded cabin in the mountains to finish the script he’s working on. Ironic, right? If anyone should know what will go wrong in that scenario, it should be a screen writer. This tightly-made movie doesn’t take one wrong… Read.
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In Bloom
Eka and Natia are 14-year-old girls in Soviet Georgia during the 1990s rebellion there. That’s it. That’s what the film In Bloom is about, and it’s as drab and awful as it sounds. Old women fight with the girls over a loaf of bread. The girls find a moment of happiness in an afternoon get-together… Read.
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The West Wing
Been watching the first season of The West Wing not for the first time; re-watching just for fun and have only now come to the realization that it’s a comedy. The show sorta grinds to a halt whenever they try to get all serious about gummint. Bradley Whitford wasn’t the coolest dude on the show, no matter… Read.
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The Hunger Games
I finally caved in and watched The Hunger Games last night, and even after sleeping on it I have to wonder what all the fuss was about. Was it satisfying for fans of the book? I kind of doubt it. Fans of the book are usually all ate up about details that screenwriters thoughtlessly cut… Read.
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Rear Window
Not that you asked, but I lied before when I said we weren’t going to do a damn thing on Sunday. I’m going to pause here in order to note that my Kindle asked me if I wanted to add the world “damn” to it’s vocabulary. First, yes. Second, I’m shocked, just shocked to find out that Kindles… Read.
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The War
I spend a big part of last week stretched out in the front-room recliner, a box of Kleenex close at hand, watching the hell out of Netflix as I was trying, and failing, to fight off a head cold. After days of playing with it I ought to be a Netflix expert by now, but… Read.
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godzilla bless autofill
The Seanster and I were exchanging giddy text messages about the latest movie teaser for the upcoming Godzilla movie. Turns out my phone not only knows how to spell “Godzilla” already, it autofills “Godzilla” after I type the first three letters, because obviously who would ever stop after typing just “God?” Read.
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