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Tuesday, July 12 2011

Bought on the Fourth of July

With The Homeland Directive writer Robert Venditti offers a deep and meditative work on the nature of personhood in an era of mass marketing. Easily the equal of the illustrious works of John Reed or Jonathan Franzen, The Homeland Directive elevates both the political thriller genre and the comics medium.


Monday, July 12 2010

‘Caught in the Crossfire’ Gets Caught-up in Every Cop-Movie Cliché There Is

Well, I'm glad to see that Chris Klein still gets work...


Wednesday, June 9 2010

‘Twelve’: Joel Schumacher’s Gossip Girl on Drugs (trailer)

The latest from Schumacher fell pretty flat when it premiered this year at Sundance, but this sleek trailer still makes the drug-filled life of Upper East Side socialites worth watching.


Tuesday, November 17 2009

50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct

One might think that the worst outcome for an artist like 50 Cent would be to alienate enough people to render himself completely alone in the music industry.


Tuesday, May 19 2009

Eminem: Relapse

Some people grow up, and others just get older. Em may be closing in on 40, but his rhymes are more immature than ever. It's getting sad -- Flava Flav sad.


Monday, February 23 2009

TWiG 2009-02-22: 50 Cent and the Kingdom of the Diamond Skull

New releases for the week of 2009-02-22...


Thursday, November 20 2008

50 Cent: The Money and the Power

Alternately disconcerting and trainwreck-fascinating, 50 Cent's entry into reality programming is a mix of The Apprentice and ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show.


Thursday, September 20 2007

‘Street lit’: Rapper 50 Cent lends his name to raw gangsta fiction


Wednesday, September 19 2007

50 Cent falls to Kanye West - but remains mum on retirement


Thursday, September 13 2007

The music business awaits the outcome of ‘Super Tuesday’


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