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2012

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‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’ Is a Deadpan Dead End

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Brendan Boyle
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2012: Another Year the World Should Have Ended

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David Charpentier
/ 7 January 2013
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Cinema as Rorschach Test: ‘The Master’

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J.C. Sciaccotta
/ 22 October 2012
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The Nightmare River Band: Last Goodbye

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Steven Spoerl
/ 6 August 2012
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What Happens When the Average Guy Suddenly Ain’t So Average: ‘Chronicle’

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Dan Heaton
/ 29 May 2012
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Big Science: Difficulty

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Steven Spoerl
/ 29 May 2012
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Killing Joke: MMXII

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Steven Spoerl
/ 26 April 2012
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Scorpions: Comeblack

By
Morgan Troper
/ 28 March 2012
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Fall 2011-12: It’s Pilot Season, People

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Kate Dries
/ 18 March 2011
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Old Time Relijun: 2012

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Mark Desrosiers
/ 26 October 2005

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