News and Views by Chris Barat
Comics, book, and DVD reviews (and occasional eruptions of other kinds)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Movie Review: GRAND HOTEL (MGM, 1932)
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If Cabaret is the quintessential " Weimar Republic-era movie" produced in Hollywood, then Grand Hotel , the 1932 Best Picture O...
The Revolution Devours its Own (Food-Providing) Children
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During the ongoing, acrimonious debate about "health-care" reform, at least one note of highly ironic levity has been sounded. Re...
Monday, August 24, 2009
Movie Review: SUNSET BLVD. (Paramount, 1950)
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" The Uncrashable Hindentanic ," one of DuckTales ' best episodes, featured a lofty pile of pop-culture parodies. Two of the...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Book Review: BOTTOM OF THE NINTH by Michael Shapiro (Times Books, 2009)
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The shadowy Continental League -- a putative "third major league" conjured up in the late 1950s by New York lawyer William Shea...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Is This Goode-Bye?
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Mike Judge's The Goode Family has reportedly been "officially" cancelled by ABC. Once the show was shifted to Friday nights, ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Movie Review: INTOLERANCE (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
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No, the above is not a misprint. Nicky and I have put a few REAL "classic movies" into our Netflix queue, and I'll be review...
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