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Benefit of the Doubt - Pop Culture Apologism
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam's newest and Heath Ledger's final film, is incoherent, but beautiful in its mysterious strangeness.
Beowulf finds a nice place between realistic, cartoonish, thoughtful, and jocular.
A judge eases her conscience by dehumanizing a victim.
My unsuccessful search for a cultural scapegoat.
Nature's nice and all, but I think it's time I called it to task for all its issues.
The Simpsons movie was a long episode and a short recap; I don't know if that's good or bad.
Whether the split in the middle makes it better or worse, Danny Boyle's Sunshine is worth the journey.
Why is the American left so desperate to maintain its taboos? I wish I had an answer.
A way of finding yourself in this schizophrenic political space.
Pirates of the Carribean III may have confused your local reviewer — but I think I get it: it's crazy. Incidentally, I think David Lynch would get it, too.
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