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2009: a pop culture review

For the last couple years I’ve done some version of the best of TV in that particular year or whatever, but this year I’m going to rank all categories of pop culture. I’ll name my top five favorites in the following: television, movies, music, and books.
When people who get paid to do this for a [...]

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best movie of 2009

As a general rule, I find that the movies that usually draw the largest amount of critical acclaim or elitist buzz — at least in recent years — are either overrated, really do not appeal to me whatsoever, or a little of both.
I am here to say that this observation most definitely does not apply [...]

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rocket science

Rocket Science took Sundance by storm in 2007.
Until last week, I hadn’t even heard of it. But I liked Anna Kendrick so much in Twilight and New Moon (even though her role is tiny) and was so looking forward to seeing her Golden Globe-nominated role in the forthcoming Up in the Air, that I wanted [...]

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up in the air

I don’t love George Clooney’s idiotic politics, but his insane hotness and general acting ability make him far more tolerable to me. Tolerable enough that I’ll watch him in certain movies. The same cannot be said for Alec Baldwin. (He’s probably the sole reason I don’t watch 30 Rock. Well, also, Jane Krakowski annoys me.) [...]

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these violent delights have violent ends

These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume. (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Sc. 6)
I usually see movies that I like several times while they’re still in the theater; that’s nothing new. However, I haven’t seen a movie twice on the [...]

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where the wild things are

Let me preface this review by stating that Where the Wild Things Are isn’t appropriate for some children. If your child is particularly sensitive, then perhaps he or she isn’t ready for it. I took my nieces (ages 12, 7, 5) to see it and my cousin took her children (9, 6, 4), and they [...]

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um, new moon? yeah. holy crap.

So I was getting a bit ambivalent about New Moon. I’m tired of hearing about Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and their torrid, star-crossed affair. You know, the one they’ve both flatly denied. Repeatedly. (And she’s been dating the same guy for, like, six or seven years.)
But no. The tabloids and the rabid Twifreaks refuse [...]

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up, up & away…

So Up was the last of the big blockbusters this summer that I had to see. I thought I’d waited too long, but as it turns out, my second-favorite theater is one that tends to hang onto movies long after they’ve left all the others, and it was still showing it. Yay!
I kept the twins [...]

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anne with an ‘e’

My friend, Cheryl, has somehow managed to grow up without ever seeing Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea, and, being the good friend that I am, I set out to rectify that tragedy immediately.
I hadn’t seen the movies in a couple years and watching them all over again was so incredible. I’d forgotten [...]

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so gi joe didn’t suck

Believe me, nobody’s more surprised than me.
After I saw the first full-length trailer a few months ago and caught a glimpse of the accelerator suits…yeah, I kind of lost all interest in seeing it, even though I was a huge fan of the cartoon growing up. My brother and cousins and I had all the [...]

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