Mar 14, 2012
What time is it? It’s Adventure Time! Come on, grab your friends! And a handy view screen with a solid cable connection.
I can’t actually recommend that you buy the DVDs currently available, because for some weird reason, they don’t sell entire seasons? Who knows why. Happily, you can see episodes on Cartoon Network.
The cartoon has huge, strong...
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What time is it? (Adventure Time!)
Mar 12, 2012
Taxi Driver was released in 1976. I saw it for the first time in about 1996. My second viewing was last Friday night. The film was on a cable channel, with all the swears and no commercials.
I know I’m not telling anyone about a movie they’ve never heard of. Taxi Driver launched the careers of legends and is referenced in countless films and TV shows....
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Taxi Driver: Jodie Foster has a big hat
Mar 7, 2012
The problem with most popular fantasy is that it’s all reactions to Tolkien, either following staunchly in his footsteps (like David Eddings) or trying to deconstruct the heroic fantasy archetype (like Terry Pratchett). It’s a rare fantasy novel that ignores ol’ J. R. R. altogether. But Susanna Clarke’s first novel draws far more from Pride and...
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Fantasy Characters Behaving Politely
Mar 5, 2012
The other day, after I’d said a few words to a friend of mine about how much I liked a movie I’d just seen, she said I see things in movies that nobody else sees, find emotional depth in them that’s imperceptible to most people.
I think this was a nice way of saying, “Melodie, you are weird, intense and delusional about your gross...
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Devour: Devil got my woman
You have a limited amount of time, so why spend it reading about things that suck or are only kind of okay? Favorite thing EVER is not a review site. We're unrepentant fans, and this is the stuff we love. Hope you like gushing, because we're about to embarrass ourselves.
