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Category Archives: Critique
Hollywood Reporter Reviews in Review
Astro Boy: “among the year’s best”
Fantastic Mr. Fox: “too sly for its own good”
Where the Wild Things Are: “uninvolving adaptation”
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Friends Without Benefits
Lots has been said about the recent (“small“) changes to Twitter that take friends @replies out of your twitter stream unless you are already friends with your friends’ friends (clear as mud? see here. People still think this has something to do with your “mentions” stream). These @replies are not completely hidden from you. You [...]
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Best Infomercial
NASCAR as we have come to know it must die. If ever there was a case for assisted suicide, it is present-day big league stock car racing. I suspect we’ve find ourselves at the bedside of this morbidly obese, gluttonous, gaudy reflection of society after following a predictable path. An arc. A gently rising arc [...]
The Crown Diner Review
This originally appeared on The Coast’s site but when the restaurant closed, the entry ended up being buried on my user page.
I wanted to like the Crown Diner. It has a great location, interesting view, the idea of forgoing processed foods is admirable and the modern diner environment appeals to me. The name seemed kind [...]
The Worst vs The Best
Halifax Pop Explosion | The CBC’s Hour Blog
Witnessed by Jenn Good & Jess Watt
Windom Earle, or as I like to call it, possibly the worst band I’ve ever heard. A never ending interlude of repeated chords that never found a hook, or a chorus and never really ended until a much appreciated break for some [...]
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The Phoney Business
“We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.” Palm chief executive Ed Colligan on November 16, 2006
“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” computer [...]
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The Comedic & Cartoon Minority