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A podcast from the After Movie Diner

No, I’m not dead, I’m just on vacation, thousands of miles from my equipment and the numerous films on my To Review list. That’ll continue for (at least) the next eleven days. In the meantime, enjoy this episode of the … Continue reading

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A podcast from the After Movie Diner

Last week, I sat a spell in the After Movie Diner and discussed the always-hilarious topic of film Censorship with musician and podcast host Jon Cross. Along the way we touched upon This Film is Not Yet Rated, The Last … Continue reading

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If God is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)

Man, Spike Lee just can’t win. Oh, don’t get me wrong: he’s a successful, independent filmmaker, three words you don’t see strung together very often. So long as he’s making Serious (Fictional) Drama’s about Serious (Fictional) Black People suffering from … Continue reading

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New Orleans: In Everlasting Memory

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Memo From New Zealand: Twilight Kills!

Wednesday night, police discovered a twenty-three year “transient” slumped in his car, dead, outside a Wellington, New Zealand theater screening of Eclipse, the latest film installment in the unfortunately-popular Twilight series. To paraphrase my favorite Quaid, I’ve been saying it … Continue reading

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From My Cold Dead Hands

Today, in a 5-4 decision that should surprise absolutely no one, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gun ownership is an individual right. I know. “Duh,” right? Apparently, this is only news to constitutional scholars and the court system that … Continue reading

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Good news, bad news

Megan Fox will not be appearing in Transformers 3. That’s the good news. The bad news should be obvious: there will be a Transformers 3. And so it goes.

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Artificial lifeform created: Microbe declares mankind “already dead.”

Via the Daily Mail: But the breakthrough, which took 15 years and £27.7million to achieve, opens an ethical Pandora’s box. Ethicists said he is ‘creaking open the most profound door in humanity’s history’ – with unparalleled risks. There are fears … Continue reading

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