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Book Review: ’11/22/63′
Despite being a avid reader, I’d made it a rule to avoid Stephen King for some reason. I mistakenly believed I should have been reading King when I was in my teens and missed
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Book Review: ‘Killing Lincoln’
Several years ago, James Frey brought the literary world to the forefront of the national conversation (a rare feat, indeed) thanks to a culmination of factors including A Million Little Pieces being part of
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App Review: Where’s My Water?
Tired of Angry Birds? Have I got a dirty alligator for you! During my periodic scroll-throughs of the App Store, I continually noticed that a game by Disney featuring a crocodile and titled Where’s
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Movie Review: ‘The Artist’
Gimmick? Lost art form? Both? Neither? The Artist is a black and white, mostly silent film that was released in 2011. It is not for everyone. The film tells of the opposite career trajectories
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Movie Review: ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’
I remember talking with friends shortly after 9/11, wondering how long it would be before Hollywood started dealing with the biggest tragedy in American history. I thought it would be about 10 years, which,
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Movie Review: ‘The Muppets’
While 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall was entertaining in theaters and enlightening the public of Jason Segel’s love of puppets, Segel was pitching a new film to executives at Disney. After a long, fruitful partnership,
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Movie Review: ‘Inni’
With Sigur Rós blaring through my speakers, even the most unremarkable drive seems cinematic; the most boring urban settings vital and transformed. Sigur Rós’ music seems to be made to accompany the world’s most
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Movie Reveiw: ‘The Rum Diary’
What made Hunter S. Thompson such a brilliant writer was his ability to make non-fiction feel fabulously artificial and fiction feel plausibly real. Thompson’s toy was reality, and he treated it with a playfulness
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