Category: movies / music / tv
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Book Review: Cell, by Stephen King (Plus a Rant About Braaaaiiiins)
Stephen King has done all the typical monsters: vampires, werewolves, aliens, robots, clowns. Until now, though, he hasn’t done zombies. Cell is Stephen King doing zombies. Nothing more, nothing less. He does, of course, add some twists to the genre, which I won’t give away here. The twists are done in context though; it’s obvious…
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
I’ve been away for a little while because: A) I moved. Packing and moving and unpacking take a very long time. And then, when you have a house, you have to do stuff to make it better. This leaves little free time. Maybe that’s why old people rarely do anything fun; they’re stuck at home…
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From Popper to Potter
I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. It was pretty good. I think it’s very hard to translate the Harry Potter books to film. Part of what makes the books so interesting is the extreme detail in them. They have a cast of hundreds of characters, each with their own…
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