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Blu-ray Review: “Cyrus”

Jeff Giles December 23, 2010 0

Cyrus (20th Century Fox, 2010) Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly co-starring in a film — it’s gotta be a raunchy, Apatow-style comedy, right? You’d think so, but as Cyrus makes clear, that isn’t

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No Concessions: “Cyrus” vs. “Predators”

Bob Cashill July 19, 2010 1

As No Concessions heads off to the wilds of Wisconsin, land of Leinenkugels and cheese curds, for its annual constitutional a word must be said about Predators. The other week when I was off

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DVD Review: “The People Speak”

Ken Shane February 19, 2010 10

“To live now, as human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” Howard Zinn (1922-2010) In these days of sneering Republicans determined to block

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Long, Cold Winter: The Music of “The Wrestler”

Cory Frye May 5, 2009 8

Mickey Rourke got all sorts of accolades in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler -- but, as Cory Frye observes, the film's soundtrack has its own charms

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Sugar Water: Print, Profits, and “The Paper”

Robert Cass November 16, 2008 20

On November 5, the morning after Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America, Oprah Winfrey appeared on her talk show with an American flag in one hand

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