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Mon, Feb 27, 2006

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Fear of a Vegan World

It's just not natural . . .

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Mon, Jan 16, 2006

Cube

No Exit—at least for most

Sometimes thinking too much is counterproductive.

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Sun, Dec 04, 2005

Jurassic Park

The Gates of Jurassic Park

A spectacular critique or a mere spectacle?

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Thu, Oct 06, 2005

No Direction Home

A Complete Unknown

It's not about Dylan. It's about his critics, fans, and colleagues. The question is, did any of them love his music?

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Thu, Sep 29, 2005

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stargazers, Navelgazers

The search for an answer makes a monkey of us all.

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Mon, Aug 08, 2005

Dead Man

Half a Remake

Or, Why the Revenge of the Spaghetti Western is a Dish Best Served Not Quite So Cold (Or, Was a Spaghetti Western the first postmodern film?)

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Tue, Jul 19, 2005

Napoleon Dynamite

A Comedy of Nihilism

Continuing a tradition of ‘entertainment’ that began with Gummo.

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Sun, Jul 03, 2005

Land of the Dead

America at Large

It's a liberal's nightmare: a whole nation of zombies questing for the American dream.

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