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Dreaming Out Loud: Robert Altman at the IFC Center

[5.Jan.07] :. Robert Altman's films often reveal in dreams the strangeness of being alive. This more than anything sums up the timeless greatness of Altman at his best, and starts to convey what’s lost when cinema is thought of as commodity rather than art.

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Godzilla: The Biggest Blockbuster

[9.May.08] :. This summer's blockbusters got nothin' over the biggest, beastiest blockbuster of all...

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Idiocracy (2006)

[2.Mar.07] :. A brilliantly conceived, but fitfully executed comedy about how bad things are likely to get if we keep going where we're going.

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Film

Happy Feet (2006)

[21.Nov.06] :. The penguins learn to refine their engrained vocal skills not in the interest of spiritual uplift or any such, but, basically, to get laid.

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9/11: Press For Truth (2006)

[7.Nov.06] :. In place of an easily grasped universe of absolutes, one must struggle to understand a maze of shifting geopolitical allegiances and ethical compromises.

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TV

The Path to 9/11

[14.Sep.06] :. The motives and actions of the heroes transcend reproach; the bad guys are so inscrutably evil, they come across as the beady-eyed mole people in B-grade science fiction movies.

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Flying Nun: The Complete Second Season

[12.Sep.06] :. Mary Poppins had nothing over Sister Bertrille.

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Film   Snakes on a Plane (2006)

DVDs   Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. Two

DVDs   The Shaggy Dog / The Shaggy D.A. (1959/1976)

Film   Fateless (Sorstalanság) (2005)

DVDs   Airplane!: The 'Don't Call Me Shirley!' Edition (1980)

DVDs   Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965, 1967)

Film   The Passenger (1975/2005)

DVDs   Lost in Space: Season 3, Vol. 2

DVDs   Conquest of Space (1955)

Film   Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003)

DVDs   The President's Analyst (1967)

DVDs   Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

DVDs   The Out-of-Towners (1970)

TV   Dead Like Me

DVDs   Bingo (1991)

Film   AfterMath: Unanswered Questions From 9/11 (2002)

Film   It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)

Film   The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (2000/2002)

DVDs   Invaders From Mars (1953)

Film   Interview With the Assassin (2002)

Film   Stealing the Fire (2002)

DVDs   Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Film   E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982/2002)

DVDs   The Net (2004)

Film   Almost Famous (2000)

Film   Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)

Film   Dr. T & The Women (2000)

Film   Dinosaur (2000)

Film   The Dish (2001)

Film   Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Film   Felicia's Journey (1999)

Film   Godzilla 2000 (2000)

Film   Galaxy Quest (1999)

Film   Mission to Mars (2000)

Film   Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

Film   The Mystery of Oberwald (Mistero di Oberwald, Il) (1980/2001)

Film   Man on the Moon (1999)

Film   Novocaine (2001)

Film   The Perfect Storm (2000)

Film   Pearl Harbor (2001)

Film   Rock Star (2001)

Film   Rules of Engagement (2000)

Film   Someone Like You (2001)

Film   Snow Day (2000)

Film   Supernova (2000)

Film   Tomb Raider (2001)

Film   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968/2001)

Film   U-571 (2000)

Film   The Watcher (2000)

Film   X (1996/2001)

Books   Destroy All Monsters by Ken Hollings

Books   Destroy All Monsters by Ken Hollings

TV   Band of Brothers

 
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