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Exit Music (For a Film): “The Last Temptation of Christ”

Zack Dennis April 7, 2009 12

In 1998, Terrence McNally’s play “Corpus Christi” was first performed in New York City. It wasn’t hard to predict that portraying Jesus as a promiscuous homosexual living in Corpus Christi, Texas would inspire vehement

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Exit Music (For a Film): “Three O’Clock High”

Zack Dennis January 20, 2009 8

Buddy Revel, the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of a bully in Three O’Clock High (1987), isn’t actually a bully. Bullying is a tool used to establish or enforce social dominance. And Buddy isn’t the slightest

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Exit Music (For a Film): Fight Club

Zack Dennis January 6, 2009 7

Why is gold valuable? Why is it worth anything at all? Sure, it’s yellow and shiny. But so is brass. It’s scarce, but so is osmium, and you don’t see anybody making jewelry out

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Exit Music (For a Film): “Dogtown and Z-Boys”

Zack Dennis October 21, 2008 7

A few years ago, my dad took a vacation to Hawaii. While he was there, he tried surfing for the first time. Even though he’s a good athlete, and solid swimmer (a former lifeguard),

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Exit Music (For a Film): “The Bourne Ultimatum”

Zack Dennis September 16, 2008 10

There are fewer members of the Washington establishment that I detest more than Richard “Dickface” Cohen. I noticed yesterday evening that he’s finally soured on his hero John McCain, but I’m willing to predict

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Exit Music (For a Film): Office Space

Zack Dennis September 2, 2008 8

In Mike Judge’s 1999 comedy Office Space, its protagonist Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is described by the downsizing consultants as a “straight shooter with upper management written all over him.” It’s a gross misjudgment

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Exit Music (For a Film): Brick

Zack Dennis August 5, 2008 5

One of of the most overlooked films of 2006 (a terrible, terrible year for movies; with redemption only brought by the likes of The Departed, Borat, and Casino Royale) was the noir high school

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Exit Music (For a Film): My Little Eye

Zack Dennis July 22, 2008 5

With another potential Hollywood strike looming (the SAG contract has expired and the actors have yet to reach acceptable terms with the studios), it’s possible that reality television will see a revival in the

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Exit Music (For a Film): “Lost in Translation”

Zack Dennis June 24, 2008 6

When I was living in Johannesburg, I spent about four months dating a woman who worked as a professional editor for film and television commercials. She put together a video of surfing clips for

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Exit Music (For a Campaign): Hillary Clinton

Zack Dennis June 3, 2008 27

It’s the end of the road for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. A few signs lately have pointed towards Hillary finally packing it in, and after Barack Obama sweeps up enough of the black vote in

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