Temple Run is an insanely popular iPhone game with an insanely simple premise: like Indiana Jones from the first scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, you play the part of an adventurer who “takes the idol” from the eponymous temple, … Continued
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Subjecting Oscar acceptance speeches to a level of scrutiny they definitely don’t deserve.
How “Terminator 2” imitates the epic language, and the problematic self-contradictions, of The Bible.
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Updated: yes, he does, by a vote of 46 % to 40 %.
Why is the villain in the “Rock of Ages” movie a Bible-thumping prude instead of an evil real estate developer?
Overthinking It presents its alternative commentary on the cult classic, “They Live.”
Occupy Wall Street is kind of like “Newsies,” except with less singing and dancing. And vastly different historical contexts.
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Last year, I published a diatribe against Google Zeitgeist and how it plays fast and loose with the definition of “zeitgeist.” I argued that rather than “capture the defining spirit or mood” of the times, Google Zeitgeist audaciously and erroneously … Continued
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Not nearly as many as Kermit seems to suggest.
Happy Spinal Tap Day, everyone.