May 2012
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May 30th
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May 28th
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May 26th
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I Am A Singing Contest Prophet
On March 9, 2012 I posted the below.  I found myself vilified, excoriated, criticized, nearly stoned to death and pointed at like a circus freak as a result. In one hour, I will be proven right. I do not accept your apology. Here was the original post: This is what the winners lof the first six seasons of American Idol looked like: Then something changed and this is what the winners of the...
May 24th
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May 23rd
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ListenWho the deuce can parlez vous a cow?!
May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 19th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 12th
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May 10th
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The Ten Best Movies Ever Made
This week Roger Ebert revealed his all time ten best films list, preparing for the once a decade Sight and Sound of the world’s best movies.  Although he is not part of the Sight and Sound poll, Hitfix’s Drew McWeeny was inspired by Ebert’s list to post his own list of the best films. And now I have been inspired by McWeeny’s being inspired by Ebert to post mine. Making...
May 10th
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May 9th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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May 8th
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May 8th
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May 8th
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May 7th
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May 3rd
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WatchWatch
THE SMASH KULESHOV EXPERIMENT A pioneer of the Soviet montage school, Lev Kuleshov theorized that our reactions to images are shaped by the images they are juxtaposed with.  To test this theory, he made a short film known as the Kuleshov experiment,  in which he intercut a shot of an actor’s  ambiguous expression with shots of a bowl of soup, a sleeping child and a scantily clad woman to...
May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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What a Riot: This Blogger Remembers
In the 20 years since the LA Riots, I have exploited just about every experience I’ve ever had in my writing.  I wrote an entire chapter about the time in college when my friends and I argued for a night about whether we should go to Denny’s for dinner.  But somehow I’ve never written about my riot experiences anywhere at all.  But it’s been twenty years now, so it seems...
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Moviegoing Fun
Seeing a hard-boiled brutal Norwegian thriler at an early bird screening in a sold out house filled with Westside 90 year olds who think theyre watching a side-splitting screwball comedy
Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Your Text, My Fist
Appropriately for a site with a soul made of used tin foil, Deadline.com asks the question: “Is it Time to Let Movie-Goers Send Text During Films?” They continue, reporting on a debate at the Cinecon gathering currently underway in Las Vegas: Regal Entertainment CEO Amy Miles says that her chain currently discourages cell phone use “but if we had a movie that appealed to a younger...
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Very Bad Omen
TVGuide.com reports: Smash has found itself a new lead. Gossip Girl executive producer Josh Safran is finalizing a deal to replace outgoing bossTheresa Rebeck as showrunner in Season 2, sources have confirmed to TVGuide.com. Rebeck, who created the musical drama, announced last month she would step down at the end of the first season, but retain her executive producer credit. NBC...
Apr 25th
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