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Television Collision: Whedon's Dollhouse Is Officially A FailureSPOILER ALERT!I am a huge Whedon apologist. I even defend Season Six of Buffy, because I see its purp... Read more |
Television Collision: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Why Is Ringer No Fun at All?Don’t act surprised, you knew it was coming, my inevitable review of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new show Ringer. As a Whedonite and Buffy-holic, ... Read more |
Rebuttal: What "Girls" Gets RightLast week CC2K Book Editor Beth Woodward wrote about all the things she thought HBO’s Girls got wrong. This week, TV Editor Phoebe Raven respo... Read more |
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The Brawny Classical Grandeur of Wonder WomanSource: New York Times I guess it was bound to happen: Wonder Woman got a makeover. The New York Times reports that in issue 600 of the long-running s... Read more |
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Joy Division and a PBR: The Hipster's Christmas PlaylistYeah, I know. Christmas is nothing more than the glorification of consumerist greed. I get it. You wear red as a statement not as an homage to bea... Read more |
Script Review: Finding Nemo 2Let’s get the obvious jokes out of the way so you won’t have to suffer through 'em later. Finding Nemo 2 should be lost. No one should look for Find... Read more |
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Script Review: Tim Burton's Alice in WonderlandThis SPOILER-FILLED review goes down the rabbit hole of Tim Burton's new adaptation. Tim Burton doesn’t exactly have the best track record with remak... Read more |
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