John G. Nettles

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The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Edition) (1956)

[29.Mar.06] :. It is the role that would provide Charlton Heston with fame, fortune, and the authoritative persona he now uses to convince people that hunting squirrels with AK-47s is not just a right but a duty.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bueller Bueller Edition (1986)

[16.Feb.06] :. Call us the Breakfast Club Generation. We are all Molly Ringwald.

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Horatio Hornblower: Collector's Edition

[15.Dec.05] :. One wishes that the creators of the series had stuck more to the spirit of the Hornblower books than the letter, but Forester's fans are in their own way as rabid as Tolkien's or J.K. Rowling's, and they must be appeased.

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Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)

[9.Nov.05] :. Frankly, having sat with my kids through Transformers, Pokemon, Hello Kitty, Bratz, and My Little Pony videos, the Bionicle series is a work of comparative genius.

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

[28.Oct.05] :. Martin Scorsese's film is about Dylan's early life among the Mister Joneses of his era, ahead of rock and roll's learning curve and suffering the judgments of the slower kids in his class.

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DVDs   The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series

DVDs   Experiments in Terror (2003)

DVDs   Gladiator: Extended Edition (2000)

DVDs   Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection

DVDs   Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection (2005)

DVDs   Sling Blade - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series) (1996)

DVDs   Richard Pryor: Stand-Up (2005)

DVDs   Reform School Girl (1994)

DVDs   The Greatest American Hero: Season One

DVDs   Arrested Development: Season One

DVDs   The Fairly Oddparents: Channel Chasers (2004)

DVDs   I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)

DVDs   Whispers in the Dark (1992)

DVDs   Trekkies 2 (2004)

DVDs   3-Way (2004)

DVDs   Secret Agent A.K.A. Danger Man Megaset

TV   My Life As a Teenage Robot

DVDs   Die! Die! My Darling! (a.k.a. Fanatic) (1965)

DVDs   The New Avengers '76: Season One

DVDs   The Whole Wide World (1996)

Film   The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'echecs) (1927)

TV   Secret Agent aka Danger Man

DVDs   Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Film   Frazetta: Painting with Fire (2003)

Film   The Dark Side of the Heart (El Lado Oscuro del Corazón) (1992)

DVDs   Virus: Virus Buster Serge, Volume 1

DVDs   Ciao! Manhattan (1972)

Film   Treasure Planet (2002)

Film   Tabu (1931)

DVDs   The Road to Wellville (1994)

Books   Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers by Ed Sikov

Film   Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth / The End of Evangelion (1997)

DVDs   Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

DVDs   Red Hawk: Weapon of Death (2002)

DVDs   Tokyo Revelation (Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku) (2002)

Books   High Life by Matthew Stokoe

DVDs   Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Sharon Becker, Angora Deb, Wayne Grayson - PopMatters Film Review )

Books   Destroy: Sex Pistols 1977 byDennis Morris

Books   Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters by Robrt L. Pela

Film   Astro Boy New Adventures (Shin Tetsuwan Atom) - Volume 1 - PopMatters Film Review )

Film   Beowulf (1999)

Film   Convergence (released as Premonition) (2001)

Film   Cradle Will Rock (1999)

DVDs   Delicatessen (1992)

Film   The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (1973/2000)

Film   Highlander: Endgame (2000)

Film   Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

Books   Adios Muchachos by Daniel Chavarría

Books   The Blue Guide to Indiana by Michael Martone

Books   Batman Unmasked: Analysing a Cultural Icon by Will Brooker

Books   Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997 Edited by Sylvere Lotrin

Books   Beat Punks by Victor Bockris

Books   Chum by Mark Spitzer

Books   Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager by James L. Dickerson

Books   The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy

Books   The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan by Donald Richie (edited by Arturo Silva)

Books   Gunman's Rhapsody by Robert B. Parker

Books   Here To Go: Brion Gysin by Terry Wilson and Brion Gysin

Books   In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself by Marlow Peerse Weaver, ed.

Books   John Huston: Interviews by Robert Emmet Long

Books   Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders

Books   Liberty's Excess by Lidia Yuknavitch

Books   On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Books   Sewing Shut My Eyes by Lance Olsen

Books   To Repel Ghosts by Kevin Young

TV   Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel

TV   Courage the Cowardly Dog

TV   ER

TV   Friends

TV   Malcolm in the Middle

TV   PopMatters - Television - Reviews - Madigan Men

TV   Rocket Power

TV   X-Men: Evolution

Music    Dressy Bessy: The California EP

Music    The Ghastly Ones: A-Haunting We Will Go-Go

Music    Various Artists: Heroes and Villains: Music Inspired By The Powerpuff Girls

Music    Various Artists: Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons

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Sympathy for the Devil...

[19.Jul.08] :. ... (Or an Incredible Simulation!): I once saw an ad on the back page of this rag for an upcoming show featuring a band that billed itself as “Colorado’s #1 Widespread Panic...

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Simpsonology

[4.Jul.08] :. Mmmm… Sociology…: In one episode of The Simpsons, an establishing shot of the Springfield Public Library reveals a desperate sign reading, “We have books about TV.” If...

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(Tough)Loving the Alien

[20.Jun.08] :. Here’s Looking at You, Kid: I came home from work the other day to find my 13-year-old son doing the dishes, voluntarily, to give his mother a break. As I went to him to give him kudos...

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He was our friend: Kurt Vonnegut's 'Armageddon in Retrospect'

[31.May.08] :. And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a friend of mine. Not that I ever met him, but he was a friend of mine all the same, because he did for me what friends do. He got me through rough patches of...

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Read It, Junior - It’s Good for You!

[24.Apr.08] :. Pictures 'n' Words: This one is about comic books. Do a search on Amazon for recent releases by the novelist Jodi Picoult and you’ll find her new novel Change of Heart is a...

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