Can You Hear the People Graph Les Miserables?
Visualizing the peaks and valleys of Tom Hooper’s six-inches-from-your-face historiomusical epic.
Sacha Baron Cohen on Overthinking It
Open Thread for August 20, 2010
X-Men First Class, Paramount’s roster, Justin Bieber, Chelsea Handler and the week ending August 20th.
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Open Thread for March 5, 2010
You find a thread at the end of your week. Open? (Y/N) Nothing really interesting happening in the world of pop culture this week. Everything’s at sort of a standstill. So you can talk about … oh, wait, there’s the … Continued
Bruno and Moliere: Comedy without Apology
When we laugh at our vices and failures, why must we insist they be fixed, or even be fixable?
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To Be Gay in Alabama: Sacha Baron Cohen in the Heart of Dixie
Seriously, what is it with Sacha Baron Cohen, homosexuality, and the state of Alabama?
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Balls Out: Great Naked Manfights of Cinematic History
Male nudity is one of the last great taboos in movieland. Oh sure, female nudity still raises eyebrows, but people think of The Piano as A) a surreal anti-patriarchal love story, and B) “that film where you see Harvey Keitel … Continued
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