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Blu-ray review: “The Descendants”
Alexander Payne's latest great movie arrives on home video
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Nancy Grace Joins “Dancing with the Stars” and We’re Kind of Grossed Out
Maybe her dancing will be an improvement over her legal analysis
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “The American”
The American (Focus Features, 2010) That’s a pissed-looking George Clooney with a gun on the cover, so The American must be a pulse-pounding spy thriller, right? Wrong, suckas! Director Anton Corbijn’s latest has all
Read More »The Popdose Podcast: Episode 13
What happens when pop culture forces collide, and why do they almost always suck? Matt Wardlaw, Michael Parr, and Dave Lifton discuss it on the Popdose Podcast!
Read More »No Concessions: Critics, Audiences Relieved as Bummer Summer Ends
Was this the worst summer ever for movies? Depends on whom you ask. One acquaintance said 2000 was the low point, and stuck to it even when I threw out Gladiator, Chicken Run, and
Read More »TV Review: “Memphis Beat”
Memphis Beat is missing something. The latest nighttime drama from TNT premieres tonight at 10 PM (ET). It’s yet another cop procedural show, this one set in Memphis, TN, a city whose soul stew
Read More »DVD Review: “The Men Who Stare at Goats”
Ewan McGregor stars with Academy Award winners George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges in The Men Who Stares at Goats. It’s a film about the current war in Iraq that tries to mix
Read More »DVD Review: Oscar Losses Don’t Deflate “Up in the Air”
One of the few upsets at this year’s tepid Academy Awards was Precious beating Up in the Air for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film had won scripting awards from the Writers Guild of America,
Read More »Political Culture: Ayn Rand’s Shangri-La of Self-Interest
I tried. I tried so hard. You’ve gotta believe me when I tell you how I tried and tried to finish Ayn Rand’s oversize chronicle of obsessive-compulsive capitalism, Atlas Shrugged, over the holidays so
Read More »No Concessions: George Clooney Stares at “Goats”
Critics have split over The Men Who Stare at Goats -- some find it an amusing military satire, while others reject it as unfunny mush. Which side is Bob Cashill on
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