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INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES

  • Movie Review: His Last Game (1909)
  • Movie Review: The Lunchbox (2013)
  • The Last Dismal Years of Babe Ruth's Career Weren't So Dismal
  • Lancelot Links
  • Movie Review: God's Pocket (2014)
  • Actually, Wallace Matthews, That is Exactly What I Want
  • Boies on Colbert
  • Eurotrip 2014: Dekuju, Praha; Tag, Wien
  • Weekend Box Office: Hollywood Releases Crap Movies, America Doesn't Go See Them
  • Lancelot Links
  • Miss Me Yet? Part VII
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
  • Lancelot Links
  • Quote of the Day
  • Why Pete Rose is a Jerk
  • Eurotrip 2014: Terezin
  • Just Retire Already
  • Other Parting MLB Gifts for Derek Jeter
  • Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Batman: The Movie (1966)
  • ‘Apes’ Blow It Up Big but Summer Box Office Damned and Dirty
  • Song of the Day: By Strauss
  • Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Lancelot Links
  • Quote of the Day
  • EuroTrip 2014: A Day of Ripoffs
  • Mt. Rainier, Sunday
  • Movie Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
  • Hollywood B.O.: Worst July 4th Weekend Since 1999
  • Stefan Zweig's Laments About His Time Speak to Ours
  • Quote of the Day
  • The Return of Lancelot Links
  • Movie Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)
  • EuroTrip 2014: Overwhelmed in Prague
  • More Homers than Strikeouts: How Rare?
  • EuroTrip 2014: Getting There
  • Are $100 Million Opening Weekends Approaching the Age of Extinction?
  • Dreaming of the NY Yankees at the Pension Neuer Markt in Vienna
  • Breaking Away for a Bit
  • Movie Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  • Tony Gwynn (1960-2014)
  • Weekend Box Office: ’22 Jump Street’ Takes Giant Leap, ‘Stars’ Fall
  • Movie Review: They Came Together (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Miss Me Yet? Part VI
  • Trailer: Michael Keaton in 'Birdman'
  • Quote of the Day
  • The Only Time I'd Choose the New York Yankees
  • Cantor, Now Castrato
  • Movie Review: Boyhood (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • SIFF 2014: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (And See You Next Year)
  • John Wayne By Your Bed
  • Movie Review: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)
  • All Men Want to Be John Wayne But John Wayne Wanted to Be Fred Astaire
  • More Box Office: MacFarlane’s Loss is Breitbart’s Loss
  • Girl, Girl, Boy: ‘Fault in Our Stars,’ ‘Maleficent,’ Top Tom Cruise at Weekend Box Office
  • Miss Me Yet? Part V
  • Art as Incomplete Communication
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2014)
  • A Message from John Wayne to Bill O'Reilly
  • Prince Hisashi
  • Movie Review: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
  • Why America Will Lose the War
  • Respectfully, Justice Scalia, It's the Troposphere
  • Movie Review: The Trip to Italy (2014)
  • 'Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing': Confidence Abroad in Obama
  • Movie Review: Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance) (2014)
  • Weekend Box Office: 'Maleficent' Magnificent; 'A Million Ways to Die' Finds a Million and First
  • More Breitbart Lies
  • How Wrong is Joe Posnanski About Superman Movies?
  • Miss Me Yet? Part IV
  • Where Ann Hornaday is Right About Elliot Rodger and Hollywood
  • The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations for Right-Wing Pundits
  • A.O. Scott Doesn't Like Adam Sandler
  • Movie Review: I Origins (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Ekstra (The Bit Player) (2013)
  • Ward Bond: Friend of McCarthy, Traitor to Orson Welles
  • Movie Review: Leninland (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Weekend Box Office: Welcome Back, Bryan Singer; Go Away, Adam Sandler
  • Movie Review: Klumpfisken (The Sunfish) (2014)
  • Miss Me Yet? Part III
  • Quote of the Day
  • The Best Thing I've Seen So Far at SIFF
  • Movie Review: Muse of Fire (2013)
  • 9 Thoughts a Week into SIFF 2014
  • Trailer: Life Itself (2014), a Documentary on Roger Ebert
  • A Born Liar, Now Convicted
  • Ward Bond: Oaf, Loudmouth, Anti-Semite
  • Movie Review: Dior and I (2014)
  • Movie Review: Jimi: All Is By My Side (2014)
  • Weekend Box Office: Oh No, You Say You’ve Got to Go, Go See ‘Godzilla’
  • Movie Review: Chinese Puzzle (2013)
  • SIFF's Opening Night: Freudian Slips, the Resurrection of the Egyptian, and Sloppy Seconds on the Red Carpet
  • Quote of the Day
  • How Do You Solve a Problem Like SIFF?
  • Quote of the Day
  • Wait'll They Get a Load of Me: Ben Affleck as Batman
  • Movie Review: Fading Gigolo (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Weekend Box Office: 'Neighbors' Shocks
  • Shorter Sorkin: Michael Lewis Focuses on Problem I Never Bothered to Write About
  • Movie Review: Jodorowsky's Dune (2014)
  • The Worst Op-Ed?
  • Quote of the Day
  • Song of the Day: 'Runaway' by The National
  • The Issue that Should Be at the Center of Every Political Debate
  • Song of the Day: Bloodbuzz Ohio
  • Ol' Man Jeter
  • Ranking the 5 Spider-Man Movies
  • Weekend Box Office: How Amazing was the Opening for 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'?
  • Movie Review: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  • Spider-Man is Here: Obey
  • That 'Frozen'/'Wicked' Connection: Is Idina Menzel the Voice of a Generation?
  • What Disney's 'Frozen' Has In Common with the Most Popular Movies of All Time — Part II
  • Trailer of the Day: Gone Girl
  • Weekend Box Office: ‘The Other Woman’ is On Top, But Does It Have Legs?
  • What's Your Favorite Conspiracy Theory from the Militia Members at the Bundy Ranch?
  • A Quote that Has Nothing to Do with 'The Other Woman'
  • Movie Review: The Other Woman (2014)
  • What Disney's 'Frozen' Has In Common with the Most Popular Movies of All Time
  • Should Wayne LaPierre Clean Up After Mass Shootings? An Excerpt from Stephen King's 'Guns'
  • Because Stone Cold Said So
  • Your Red Sox/Yankees Quote/Quiz of the Day
  • Movie Review: Under the Skin (2014)
  • 'Yankees Suck': A Message from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
  • Weekend Box Office: 'Captain America' Threepeats; Christian Movies Play Smallball
  • The Only Goldman Sachs Employee Arrested by the FBI in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Meltdown
  • Quote of the Day
  • God's Not Dead? Goody
  • Movie Review: Finding Vivian Maier (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The Unknown Known (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • Box Office: Captain America's Legs are So-So, But He Still Wins Weekend
  • Hank Aaron: Modern GOP = KKK
  • Trailer: Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
  • Why Breitbart’s Big Hollywood is Wrong About Almost Everything
  • What Would You Put on Captain America's To-Do List?
  • Movie Review: God's Not Dead (2014)
  • Song for the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Reader Comment of the Day: Who Put the Conservatism in Christianity?
  • 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Sets April Box Office Record
  • Flash Boys: Which of the Wall Street Banks Rushed to Engage in Shitty Practices?
  • Movie Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Current Yankees Batting Leaders
  • Movie Review: Captain America (1990)
  • Photo of the Day: Ortiz and Obama
  • From the 'Unmade Movies' File: Ronald Reagan, Commie
  • SLIDESHOW: It's Opening Day 2014! And Here are Your Active Career Leaders
  • Hollywood B.O.: 'Noah,' Not Considered a Christian Movie by Box Office Mojo or Christian Groups, Grosses $44 Million
  • Movie Review: Noah (2014)
  • Captain America (1979): The Slideshow Review
  • A Certain Something
  • TV Movie Review: Captain America (1979)
  • Captain America (1944): The Slideshow Review
  • Add Another Quote and Make It a Gallon
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Captain America (1944)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Carson Karin Gets No Respect
  • Sophia Loren: The Wrong Kind of Sexy
  • Captain America's Message to Fox News
  • Movie Review: Sin City (2005)
  • North Carolina: Now with Less Tar, More Heels
  • Movie Review: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
  • Movie Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Junk Mail for the Elderly
  • Mr. Peabody Strongarms ‘300,’ Blows Past ‘Need for Speed’
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: 300 (2007)
  • Dueling Robert Duvall Headlines: Daily Beast vs. Breitbart
  • Word of the Day: Agnotology
  • Movie Review: Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
  • Consider Yourself ... Well-Reviewed!
  • Secrets to Their Success: Tactical Self-Delusion
  • The Dumbest Thing Said at CPAC?
  • Breitbart's 2014 Box Office Predictions Obvious, Lack Context
  • Trailer of the Day: The Last of the Unjust
  • Help Me Copy Curmudgeon, You Are My Only Hope
  • When Modern Celebrity Began
  • In Talking Oscars, Breitbart's Big Hollywood Makes Fox News Seem Fair and Balanced
  • Yankees Suck Reason #38: Keeping Vic Power in the Minors
  • Nikki Finke on What We'll Be Watching in Five Years
  • SLIDESHOW: My Oscar Picks
  • For Red Carpet Watchers: That's a Bowling Alley Behind Angelina Jolie
  • Quote of the Day
  • Breitbart Site Says ‘Liberal Hollywood Movies’ (I.e., Men w/Guns) Do Poorly at Box Office
  • Quote of the Day: Posnanski on Ken Griffey Jr.
  • Movie Review: Enough Said (2013)
  • Gabriel Sherman: 'Paranoia is Essential to Understanding Roger Ailes'
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • Roger Ailes' Just Desserts
  • Rupert Murdoch on the Downside of Watergate
  • Movie Review: Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012)
  • Quote of the Day: Harold Ramis
  • Harold Ramis: 1944-2014
  • Movie Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
  • Hollywood B.O.: Rare, Early Threepeat for 'Lego Movie' and 'Ride Along'
  • 'Henny Penny, When the Sky Fell' is Tamarian for ... ?
  • Revisiting the 2011 and 2012 Best Picture IMDb Rankings
  • IMDb's Highest-Rated Best Picture Nominee is Rotten Tomatoes' Lowest: Any Guesses?
  • 'Live from D.C., It's ... '
  • Movie Review: The Past (2013)
  • Fantastic Four Reboot: The World's Youngest Superheroes
  • To Like and Be Liked in Return
  • You're Not Reading This
  • Song of the Day: 'Plain Speak' by Joe Henry
  • Movie Review: No End in Sight (2007)
  • Why the Presidency Keeps Flip-Flopping Between Parties
  • Derek Jeter's Hits Parade: Where Will He Wind Up in the Record Book?
  • BAFTAs Spread Wealth Between '12 Years,' 'Gravity' and 'American Hustle'
  • Times Snodgrasses Fregosi Obit
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Robocop (2014)
  • Seagal of Choice No Longer Steven
  • Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
  • Little Don Segretti is Alive and Well and Working at Fox News
  • 5 Responses to Fox News' Critique of 'The Lego Movie'
  • Movie Review: The Lego Movie (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • SLIDESHOW: Patricia and Erik's New York Adventure
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The Monuments Men (2014)
  • Quote of the Day
  • 'The Beatles Invade, Complete with Long Hair and Screaming Fans'
  • Movie Review: Lone Survivor (2013)
  • Movie Review: Red 2 (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • What's It Like to Live in a Championship City?
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
  • Movie Review: Frozen (2013)
  • Quote of the Day for January 31st
  • Quote of the Day
  • NYC
  • The State of the Union ... Contains 'A Deep Seated Dislike for Most Things America Stands For'
  • Alfonso Cuaron Wins DGA for 'Gravity'
  • Quote of the Day
  • PGAs Split, SAG Goes 'Hustle'
  • SLIDESHOW: Tea Shirts
  • A Pre-Game Anecdote
  • Quote of the Day
  • My Top 10 Movies of 2013
  • Quote of the Day
  • And the 2013 Oscar Nominees Are ...
  • Movie Review: The Act of Killing (2013)
  • My Top 10 Movie Lines of 2013
  • Roger Ailes and a Soundtrack of Barnyard Animals, Bleating
  • Movie Review: Don Jon (2013)
  • The 7 Millionth Man
  • Movie Review: Inequality for All (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • My Greg Maddux Story
  • Am I the Only One Who Flashed on ‘The Ten Commandments’ During Martin Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’?
  • Breen on the Dam [Sic] Jews
  • DGA Noms: Cuarón, Greengrass, McQueen, Russell and Scorsese; Coens Left Out Like Cat in Cold
  • Movie Review: her (2013)
  • Photo of the Day: Hulk Squish!
  • Scorsese on 'Wolf of Wall Street'
  • The 11 Worst Movies of 2013 Representing the Five Worst Trends in Moviemaking
  • National Society of Film Critics Loves 'Llewyn," Ignores 'Wolf'
  • Indicting the Audience: Hollywood, the Dream Factory, Tries to Wake Us Up in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' 'Her' and ... 'Anchorman 2'?
  • Movie Review: Anchorman 2 (2013)
  • Movie Review: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
  • Mariners Winning World Series Less Likely than Aliens Landing: Seattle Times Readers
  • Movie Review: Upstream Color (2013)
  • Yankees Suck at English, Too
  • Tweet of the Year
  • Movie Review: Blackfish (2013)
  • The 10 Most Outstanding People in the World, According to Students at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in 1927
  • When Hot Dogs > Steroids
  • It's Not Too Late to Give the Gift of Bryson
  • Saddest T-Shirt Ever
  • Cutters
  • Joey Poz on the Rime of the Ancient Yankees
  • The Saddest Song Ever?
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
  • Movie Review: La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) (2013)
  • Movie Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
  • Movie Review: Spring Breakers (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • The First Rule of Seattle Traffic
  • The Seventh Rule of Seattle Traffic
  • Movie Review: Nebraska (2013)
  • Steve Coll on Raising the Minimum Wage
  • 7 Thoughts on A.O. Scott's Top 10 Movies of 2013
  • Photo of the Day
  • Movie Review: American Hustle (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Philomena (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • LA Films Critics Includes Three Ties Among Its Year-End Awards
  • Joe Henry at the Triple Door
  • The Best Tweet on the Robinson Cano Signing
  • The Upside of the Cano Deal for Yankee Haters Such as Myself
  • Start Spreading the News: My Reaction to the Reaction to the Cano Signing
  • Just Say No to Cano: An Imaginary Conversation with a Seattle Mariners Fan
  • What's a Nice Jewish Girl Like You Doing with a Magic Lasso? Gal Gadot Cast as Wonder Woman
  • Thoughts on 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Trailer
  • Major Burn on Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
  • Dibs on the Heist Movie
  • National Board of Review Falls in Love with 'Her'
  • Movie Review: Before Midnight (2013)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Picks the Best of 2013
  • Chuck Armstrong Retires, Lauded for Never Winning Pennant
  • Be Like Obama: Give Books for Christmas
  • Movie Review: Oldboy (2013)
  • The Worst Movie Review of the Year, Part II
  • The Worst Movie Review of the Year
  • Seven Questions Jon Stewart Should Have Asked Jennifer Lawrence Last Week on 'The Daily Show'
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Populaire (2012)
  • Modern Ballplayer Reactions to Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak
  • Movie Review: The Internship (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
  • Box Office: 'Catching Fire' Does, Oscar Films Could Use a Light
  • Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • Is This Plagiarism? REVEALED
  • Quote of the Day
  • 'From Dallas, Texas, the Flash Apparently Official ...'
  • Technology Killed the Video Store: Remembering Minneapolis' Last Blockbuster
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • A Few Thoughts on Yankee Dominance and Failure
  • Movie Review: Parkland (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Second Weekend of 'Thor' Beats Thoroughly Mortal Competition
  • Rebuttal of the Day
  • Is This Plagiarism?
  • Suggested Titles for Derek Jeter's New Book Imprint
  • Who is the Team of the Century?
  • Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Happy Armistice Day, When the Songs That We Sing Will Be Sad
  • Movie Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  • ‘Thor’ Hammers Competition for $86 Million Open
  • Movie Review: After Earth (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Now You See Me (2013)
  • How to Win Political Arguments in Your Sleep
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Ender's Game (2013)
  • Drowning Rousseau
  • Photos of the Day: No Public Mooring
  • Watching the World Series in a Seattle Sports Bar When the Seahawks are on Monday Night Football
  • Thoughts on the 'Captain America' Trailer
  • Movie Review: All Is Lost (2013)
  • Joe P on Game 3
  • The Rainbow Warrior in Seattle
  • Why I Missed One of the Oddest Finishes in World Series History
  • It Depends on What the WSJ's Meaning of the Word 'Was' Is: Revealing propagandist tendencies in the right-wing press
  • Outer Space Needle
  • Movie Review: Stories We Tell (2013)
  • First Sentence: 'Joseph Anton'
  • A Conservative Theology Becoming a Revolutionary Idea by Attracting the Non-Urban and Marginalized: A Quiz
  • Moyers: It's Not a Shutdown; It's Sabotage of the Democratic Process
  • When Roth Was Good
  • Heading Into Nut Country: From Dealey Plaza to the Tea Party
  • Krugman Does Montoya
  • Movie Review: Captain Phillips (2013)
  • More Unseemly Sideshows
  • Idiot of the Day
  • Our Misapplication of the Golden Rule
  • Happy Birthday, John Lennon
  • The 2013 World Series Possibles: And Then There Were Four ...
  • By the Book: Erik Lundegaard
  • Everything Jeff Wells Hates
  • 'Rush' Addendum
  • Scalia Views Congress as Source of Tyranny
  • Dr. Frankenstein, Meet Monster
  • Where I Agree with Scalia
  • Another Boardwalk Empire/ Pinstripe Empire Casting Call: Domenick Lombardozzi as ... ?
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Gravity (2013)
  • What's a Level Playing Field?
  • Houston, We Don't Have a Problem: 'Gravity' Breaks October Box-Office Record
  • Objectivity Is Not Stupidity: The Culpability of the Mainstream Media in the Government Shutdown
  • Movie Review: Una Noche (2013)
  • How Nutjob Republicans in Congress are Destroying Democracy as We Know It
  • Movie Review: Rush (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Short Term 12 (2013)
  • Letters from Readers
  • Quote of the Day
  • Quotes of the Day on the Government Shutdown
  • Why Baseball is No Longer Central to the Culture
  • Quote of the Day
  • That's All, Bitch
  • #FreeJessePinkman: A Late-to-the-Party 'Breaking Bad' Rundown
  • Quote of the Day
  • I'd Rank 'Em: Gordon-Levitt First, Merchant a Close Second, Fallon a Distant Third
  • When is the GOP Going to Take Back the GOP?
  • The Yankees Original Owners
  • The First Sentence of Every Short Story in 'American Short Stories, 4th Ed.'
  • Start ... Spread-ing ... the Noooooooze
  • The Lessons of 'Star Wars,' Doofus Edition
  • Book Review: '11/22/63' by Stephen King
  • Five A.L. Teams with Six Games to Go
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Salinger (2013)
  • A-Rod Sets Grand Slam Mark; World Yawns
  • How the Miss America Controversy is like the Movie 'Crash,' and Other Observations
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Michael Clayton (2007)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Something Scarier than Sharks
  • Why Jack Zduriencek is Not Billy Beane
  • The Case of the Buffering TV
  • About Which NY Yankee's Post-Season Performance Was the Following Said?
  • Woodrow Wilson, With a Message for the Originalists
  • Movie Review: Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Weekend Box Office is Insidious, But You Knew That
  • What’s Wrong with Jonathan Franzen’s ‘What’s Wrong with the Modern World’?
  • The Fourth Rule of Seattle Traffic
  • Quote of the Day
  • The 13th Rule of Seattle Traffic
  • The 17th Rule of Seattle Traffic
  • Quote of the Day
  • The Most Horrible Thing I've Ever Heard
  • Movie Review: Super (2011)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Lovelace (2013)
  • Just What the Internet Needs, Erik: A Cute Cat Photo
  • The Wild Wild Card
  • Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
  • After the Revolution: An Interview with Michael Maguire, the original Enjolras in 'Les Miserables'
  • Weekend Box Office: ‘Riddick’ Sputters on Diesel Fumes; ‘Instructions’ Instructs Hollywood
  • My Sister and Hugh Jackman
  • Quote of the Day
  • Early Oscar Predictions: The Signal and the Noise, Noise, Noise
  • Tweets of the Day: Mark Harris vs. Richard Brody
  • What Shaw Thought Shakespeare Would Have Thought of Chaplin
  • Movie Review: Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
  • Where Andrew Sullivan is Wrong on Syria, Obama
  • Movie Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)
  • Trailer of the Day: Errol Morris' 'The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld'
  • What are the Best Movies of 2013 So Far?
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Fruitvale Station (2013)
  • First Sign of Autumn
  • Weekend Box Office: Five Brit Kids Race, Beat Up Old Black Man; Mexicans Laugh
  • The Lesson of Adolf Hitler or Taylor Swift
  • Movie Review: Oblivion (2013)
  • Movie Review: West of Memphis (2012)
  • How the March on Washington was Viewed in 1963
  • Understatement of the Year
  • Netflix Gets It Wrong
  • Movie Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)
  • Raise High the Bookshelves, Carpenters: More Salinger Books on the Way
  • Weekend Box Office: 'You're Next' Isn't
  • Running More Reds in Noodge City
  • Movie Review: The World's End (2013)
  • Quotes of the Day
  • My Steve Ballmer Moment
  • Ronald L. Motley (1944-2013)
  • Why Ben Affleck is All Wrong to Play Batman
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: To the Wonder (2013)
  • Movie Review: Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
  • A 1944 menu in Stephenson, Wash.
  • Five Books I Bought at Powell’s This Weekend
  • George W.S. Trow and the Problem of the Final Failed Connection
  • Where Alyssa Rosenberg Goes Wrong on Superhero Sexism
  • Quote of the Day
  • Does Anyone Know What the Civil Rights Movement Is Anymore?
  • Photo of the Day
  • The Damage and the Glory
  • Movie Review: Spider-Man (2002)
  • Attention Green Bay!
  • Why the Want Ads Suck
  • And for Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Pacific Rim (2013)
  • Harmon Killebrew's 500th Homerun
  • Above the Clouds on Granite Mountain
  • Movie Review: Elysium (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The Gatekeepers (2012)
  • By the Time I Get to Arizona, 2013
  • George W.S. Trow on 'All About Eve'
  • Movie Review: The Specials (2000)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Why Denzel Matters: Before the Show at the Regal Meridian
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: 2 Guns (2013)
  • Weekend Box Office: '2 Guns' Riddles 'Smurfs 2' with Bullets
  • Product Placement: These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie with Mike Smith
  • The Enormous Mass of Facts
  • Woody Allen's 'Wolverine'
  • Quote of the Day
  • Can You Spot the Product Placement?
  • Say Kids, What Time Is It?
  • Movie Review: 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Angry and Irony, Live Together without much Harmony
  • Reza Aslan and FOX-News' Projection Problem
  • Ben-Hur: the Travis Bickle of His Day
  • Reading the Newspaper with George W.S. Trow - V
  • Reading the Newspaper with George W.S. Trow - IV
  • Reading the Newspaper with George W.S. Trow - III
  • Reading the Newspaper with George W.S. Trow - II
  • Reading the Newspaper with George W.S. Trow - I
  • Movie Review: The Wolverine (2013)
  • Weekend Box Office: 'The Wolverine' Isn't the Best At What It Does
  • HISHE: How 'Man of Steel' Should Have Ended
  • Quote of the Day
  • Seattle Mariners: 30th No More
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie Ever Made with David Murphy
  • The Worst Tweet Ever, or Sympathy for C.C. Sabathia
  • Quote of the Day
  • Four Inches Longer
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie Ever Made with Daniel
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie Ever Made with Andrew Reed
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie Ever Made with Uncle Vinny
  • Why It Took Forever to Make Good Superhero Movies
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Every Freakin' Superhero Movie Ever Made with Erik Lundegaard
  • Movie Review: Superhero Movie (2008)
  • Box Office: 'The Conjuring' Howls to First as 'Turbo' Sputters, 'Red 2' Redcarded and 'R.I.P.D.' Arrives D.O.A.
  • The 'Stand Your Ground' Law, Starring Yellowbelly
  • Zack Snyder Announces 'Man of Steel 2' Will Include Batman
  • Movie Review: Only God Forgives (2013)
  • They Keep Making Sequels to Movies I Pan
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: Hero At Large (1980)
  • Trailer: Dear Mr. Watterson
  • Movie Review: Muscle Shoals (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Ranking Filibusters: More Reasons Why the GOP Sucks
  • Quote Quiz: Fill in the Blank with the Movie Title
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines: 'Most Certainly'
  • Quote of the Day
  • Movie Review: The Way, Way Back (2013)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Despicable Audience: “Grown Ups 2” Grosses $42 mil at Weekend Box Office
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  • Like Minds
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  • Marco Rubio's Stephan Seely Moment
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  • Joe D. Ranks Oscar's Best Picture Winners: from 'Cuckoo's Nest' to 'Dances with Wolves'
  • Dan Heilman Ranks Oscar's Best Picture Winners: from 'Cuckoo's Nest' to 'Crash'
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  • Reed Ranks the Best Pictures: from 'The Godfather' to 'Crash'
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  • Tim Ranks the Best Pictures: From 'American Beauty' (Best) to 'Crash' (Worst)
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  • My Oscar Picks! (Wishes Not Predictions)
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  • Founding Dish Member
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  • The Top 50 Viral Videos of 2012 (Or: My Increasing Separation from My Culture)
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  • Our Country, Our Song
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  • Idiot of the Day: Dinesh D’Souza
  • Good Morning
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  • The Most Brilliant and Necessary Thing You'll See All Day: 'Onion Talks' on Social Media
  • Movie Review: Flight (2012)
  • Hollywood B.O.: 'Twilight' Stumbles, 'Lincoln' Surges
  • Pundit Shaming: Laura Ingraham
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  • The Movie You Could Watch A Million Times
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  • Jellybean on the Bookshelf
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  • Roth Unbound
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  • My President
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  • James Baldwin's Message to Bill O'Reilly
  • Quote of the Day II
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  • Hans von Spakovsky and the Voter-Fraud Myth
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  • Movie Review: Cloud Atlas (2012)
  • Endorsement of the Day: Susan Eisenhower Endorses Barack Obama for Re-Election
  • The 2012 World Series: 74,861 People are Disappointed This Morning
  • Endorsement of the Day: The Stranger
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  • Getting Out the Vote
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines: 'She's a drag, a well-known drag...'
  • Endorsement of the Day: Colin Powell Signs on for 'Long Patrol with Pres. Obama'
  • The New Hollywood 10: How Stars on the Left are Punished; How Stars on the Right Punish Us
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  • Former Mossad Chief for Obama, Warns Romney's Rhetoric Against U.S. Interests
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  • Richard Brody on 'Marnie': As Insane as His Beard?
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  • Gaffes, Blunders, Walkbacks and Lies: A Week-by-Week Retrospective of the Year in Mitt
  • Absent Fathers, Powerful Fathers
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  • Lies, Damned Lies and Mitt Romney
  • What the Yankees Look Like Without Derek Jeter
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  • Not What We Do
  • Man of the People, Mitt of the Sons
  • The Second Debate: Romney Creates a Meme
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  • Go Get 'em, Tigers
  • The Dangers of PBS Programming
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  • Transaction Man
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  • The Double Features of 2009
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  • Bushed
  • My Top 10 Movies of 2009
  • Review: “The Blind Side” (2009)
  • Lancelot Links (Votes for Edgar, Worries over the Future of Journalism)
  • Avatarnation!
  • Vic Chesnutt: 1964-2009
  • Review: “Me and Orson Welles” (2009)
  • Quote of the Day
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  • Words I Never Use and Why - I
  • Lancelot Links (Is Pissed at QT)
  • Lancelot Links (Wants to Deck Someone)
  • Review: “Where the Wild Things Are” (2009)
  • Here Come the Critics
  • Review: “Invictus” (2009)
  • Quote of the Day: "City of God"
  • Lancelot Links
  • The Best Movies of the Decade
  • The Problem with The Shadow
  • Review: “Up in the Air” (2009)
  • Lancelot Links
  • Respect My Authoritai!
  • Thus Spaketh Clint
  • Review: “Red Cliff” (2009)
  • Lancelot Links
  • Review: “Twilight” (2008)
  • The 2000s: Decade of the Sequel
  • Happy Birthday, Charles M. Schulz
  • Lancelot Links
  • The Rigged (National) Game
  • The Lessons of a New Moon
  • Quote of the Day
  • DVD Reviews: 1 Win, 1 Loss, 1 Tie
  • The Biggest Movie of the 2000s Ranks Just Behind the Third-Biggest Movie of 1965
  • Three Lines About Movies
  • Lancelot Links
  • Quote of the Day
  • Review: “2012” (2009)
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  • Review: “The Horse Boy” (2009)
  • Lancelot Links
  • Armistice Day
  • Review: “An Education” (2009)
  • Epitaph for a Tough Guy—I
  • Lancelot Links—World Series edition
  • Review: “The Damned United” (2009)
  • Michelle Malkin's Journey from A to A
  • Welcome to My Least-Favorite Month
  • Lancelot Links
  • Review: “This Is It” (2009)
  • Which Host with What Most?
  • The Series Freezes, Neyer Nitpicks
  • Lancelot Links
  • Review: “Coco Before Chanel” (2009)
  • Scioscia on October Days Off: "Ridiculous"
  • Why Blogging Isn't Writing—I
  • Review: “More Than a Game” (2008)
  • Live-Blogging Game 5 of the ALCS
  • The More Republicans Change: Anger, Paranoia, and Visions of Apocalypse at the 1976 Republican Convention
  • Lancelot Links
  • "The Exorcist" and the Devilish Dilemma
  • Review: “Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg” (2009)
  • Who's the Epitome of 1950s American Cool? Jean Gabin in 1939
  • Why We Watch "Mad Men"
  • Countdown to the World Series-III
  • Lancelot Links—Idi i Smotri
  • How to Fix the World Series—In a Good Way
  • Line of the Day—Andrew O'Hehir
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  • Review: “A Serious Man” (2009)
  • Baseball Scenes in Non-Baseball Movies
  • Breaking Away Lesson of the Day
  • Countown to the World Series—II
  • Lancelot Links
  • Countdown to the World Series
  • Review of “Bright Star” (2009)
  • The Invention of Bad Posters
  • My Top 5 Metrodome Moments
  • Review: “The Invention of Lying” (2009)
  • Straight Line to the Hall of Fame
  • Anatomy of a Scene: Leo and Freddie have coffee in Force of Evil (1948)
  • Lancelot Links, with Mike Blowers
  • Ooo, Kids, Scary Stuff!
  • Before the Show at Regal Meridian No. 10
  • The World's Worst Hiker: Rachel Lake
  • Review: “'Surrogates” (2009)
  • Quote of the Day
  • On James Stewart's "Eight Days"
  • Lancelot Links
  • Peter Gammons Isn't Serious
  • Your Summer Movie Quiz — Answers
  • Your Summer Movie Quiz
  • Review: “The Informant!” (2009)
  • Breaking Away Lesson of the Day
  • Summer '09
  • Quote of the Day
  • Sacrificial Mariners
  • Breaking Away Lesson of the Day
  • The World's Worst Hiker: Granite Mountain
  • Saving Capitalism
  • Scheming Women
  • Flash: Rush Limbaugh Has No Genitalia!
  • 3 Pieces on 9/11
  • Jeter's First HIt
  • Leavy's Koufax
  • My President
  • Jeter Sucks! (On the Yankees Anyway)
  • How Texas Executed an Innocent Man
  • Review: “The Cove” (2009)
  • Fun with Definite Articles
  • Facebook Meme
  • “Breaking Away” Lesson of the Day
  • Town Hall
  • Review: “Tyson” (2009)
  • Review: “District 9” (2009)
  • "Goddamn Fox would give Wolverine webshooters and a bat cape!"
  • “Breaking Away” Lesson of the Day
  • Worst Wedding Day Ever
  • Review: “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)
  • Packed House for Basterds
  • The Reverse Debate Idea
  • Gun Nuts and the People Who Support Them
  • “Breaking Away” Lesson of the Day
  • Falling Stars
  • Review: “In the Loop” (2009)
  • Link of the Day
  • Dying for Tomatoes
  • Quote of the Day
  • The Wobbly Legs of "G.I. Joe"
  • Old Critics vs. Young Critics
  • Quote of the Day
  • Lancelot Links
  • The Courage of His Cliches
  • The Most Banned Movies Ever! ... Maybe
  • Review: “Julie & Julia” (2009)
  • A.O. Scott Testifies!
  • How the French Feel Watching Americans Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
  • “Star Trek: Confusion”
  • Don't You Forget About Me
  • Review: “Funny People” (2009)
  • The Rise of Something Anyway
  • "I Know, Captain, a Thousand Questions..."
  • Krugman: "Government involvement is the only reason our [health care] system works at all"
  • Bobbleheads
  • Le Monde lede of "Adieu, Gary"
  • Before the Show at Pacific Place No. 2
  • King Kong 1, 2 and 3?
  • Review: “(500) Days of Summer” (2009)
  • Wearing Wool Caps in 100 Degree Weather
  • Overreacting with Color Coding: 1975
  • Quote of the Day — Gates Case
  • Anatomy of a Catch: DeWayne Wise
  • The Moon Landing from Africa, and Other Stories (Translated from the French)
  • Why Watching Isn't Enjoying
  • What I Would've Said If I'd Been with the Cambridge Police Dept. and Seen Henry Louis Gates Breaking Into His Own Home
  • Global Financial Meltdown 101
  • Die, Die, Die!
  • Tax the Rich Already
  • Before the Show at the Uptown
  • Review: “The Hurt Locker” (2009)
  • 50 Million Necrophiliacs Can't Be Wrong
  • Prescient Quote of the Day
  • What's Wrong with Entertainment Weekly (Part II)
  • What's Wrong with Entertainment Weekly (Part I)
  • Quick Movie Quiz
  • “The Unseen”
  • Goldstein's Posse Loses Its Mojo
  • Things I Learned on Vacation in Minnesota
  • Now That's Good Writing: David Denby
  • Rich, Noonan, Palin
  • Where Goebbels and Hollywood Agree
  • Revenge on "Revenge of the Fallen"
  • Review: “Public Enemies” (2009)
  • Minnesota Corrects a Low-Rent Mistake
  • Mann, Cruise and the Devil in the Details
  • Review: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (2009)
  • Sunday Movie Night: “Jaws” (1975)
  • Jackass of the Day: Rob Moore
  • Quote of the Day
  • Why We're Getting 10 Best Picture Nominees
  • And the nominees are...doubled
  • The $67 Million Advantage
  • Dumb like a Fox
  • Tossed
  • The One Lesson of Summer Box Office
  • Review of “Food, Inc.” (2009)
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  • Breaking the Laws of Probability
  • Imagine Better
  • Now That's Good Writin': Kehr on Lemmon
  • Review: “L'emmerdeur” (2008)
  • Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose
  • On Nick Paumgarten's "The Death of Kings"
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  • A Monday Hangover
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  • Now That's Good Writing: Denby on “Up”
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  • Federer, tout simplement magnifique
  • Theme from a Summer Place
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  • Herman Roth Gets Mugged
  • The Right-Wing Pisses on You—Literally
  • Words I Learned While Reading Christopher Buckley’s “Losing Mum and Pup”
  • What's Brooks Barnes Got Against Pixar?
  • Before the Show at the Neptune
  • Review: “Up” (2009)
  • Jim Walsh: For the Graduates
  • Humans from Earth
  • “On m’appelle Monsieur Tibbs!”
  • ...And he's only 54
  • Before the Show at SIFF
  • The Do-Little Academy
  • Review: “L’Heure d’ete” (2008)
  • Auteur, Auteur
  • The Hot Hand: Jean Gabin
  • Lyrics of the Day
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  • "The Graduate": Not Starring Robert Redford
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  • Where Have You Gone, Vladimir Visotsky?
  • SWJM, 27, Looking for Work
  • Unfortunate Graph of the Day
  • Before the Show: May 15, 2009
  • Review: “Angels & Demons” (2009)
  • Quote of the Day
  • Your 2008 Box Office Quiz—The Answers: Or how "Mamma Mia!" Beat "Dark Knight"
  • Alec, Charlie & Me
  • Your 2008 Box Office Quiz
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  • Postcard of the Day
  • Chronology 101
  • Before the Show: May 8, 2009
  • “Star Trek”/“Star Wars” Parallels
  • Review: “Star Trek” (2009)
  • My "Star Trek" Novel: Fuck-Ups of the Federation
  • Quote of the Day
  • My "Star Trek" Novel: S179276SP
  • What's Rotten on RottenTomatoes?
  • My "Star Trek" Novel — Mj'cra souft
  • The Reason They're Called Previews
  • My "Star Trek" Novel — Holodeck Baseball
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  • My "Star Trek" Novel - A Routine Science Expedition
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  • Logan's Run: $85 Million
  • Sunday Times
  • Before the Show: 5-1-09
  • Review: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (2009)
  • And Now...The Wolverine!
  • Quote of the Day (Freudian Version)
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  • Before the Show: 4-24-09
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  • Before the Show: 4-19-09
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  • Quote of the Day
  • Before the Show: 4-17-09
  • Review: “State of Play” (2009)
  • 0-1
  • The Journalistic Mission of Bill O'Reilly
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  • Tuesday Pick-Me-Up: Susan Boyle
  • Quote of the Day — for the Decade
  • Review: “Observe and Report” (2009)
  • My Proust Questionnaire
  • Your Friday Pick-Me-Up...
  • Parity!
  • Arkoff Asylum
  • Presidential Quote of the Day
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  • Opening Day
  • Book Quote of the Day
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  • Slumdog Watch - II
  • Pardon My French
  • Book Quote of the Day
  • Review: “Duplicity” (2009)
  • “Mr. Wright's Masterly, Affectionate Vision...”
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines - Exit
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines (No. 1)
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines (No. 2)
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines (No. 3)
  • Point: Obama
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  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines (No. 4)
  • Dialogue of the Day: "Cesar" (1936)
  • My Most Quoted Movie Lines (No. 5)
  • Weekly, Not Weakly
  • Quote of the Day
  • My Most-Quoted Movie Lines - Intro
  • Slumdog Watch - I
  • Review: “Cadillac Records”
  • Quote of the Day
  • You Say You Want a Revolution
  • Craig Wright on Malick's “The New World”
  • Slumdog Legs
  • The-More-Things-Change Quote of the Day
  • So You Think You're Anal
  • Review: “Watchmen”
  • Why a Film's Budget is Irrelevant
  • Read It Read It Read It
  • Quote of the Day
  • Joe Henry Quote of the Day
  • Who Watches the Watchers of “Watchmen”?
  • La Ville Du Vice
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  • Movie Attendance Up Thanks to...WTF?
  • Redford/Pfeiffer, Connery/Zeta-Jones, Etc.
  • Lancelot Links
  • Cagney Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • Live-Blogging the Oscars
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  • Two Hoots for Junior
  • Lyrics of the Day
  • Much Ado About Oscar — Days 2 & 3
  • Toles and Jelly
  • The Devil Is My Kinda Woman
  • God, I Love This Guy
  • Nat & Tim & Kris & Karina & Ed & Erik
  • Silver on Oscar Gold
  • The EW Fall Preview Issue: A Look Back
  • Two-Minute Review: The International (2009)
  • Oscar Acceptance Speech of the Day
  • And the Award for Least-Seen Best Picture Nominee Goes To...
  • Penn Pal
  • Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • We Are Not a Serious Nation
  • Quote of the Day
  • One-sentence Review: Rachel Getting Married (2008)
  • The Lundys: Best Reviews of Best Pics
  • Francois Truffaut Quote of the Day - II
  • Francois Truffaut Quote of the Day - I
  • Pedigree of a Slumdog: PGA, SAG, DGA...
  • Edward Hopper's Quiet
  • Mood Fight
  • Ponzi and the Happy Days (Are Here Again) Gang
  • Who Sees the Oscar Nominees Anyway?
  • John Updike Quote of the Day
  • Robert Downey Jr. Quote of the Day
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  • Milk Left Out
  • Two-Minute Review: The Wrestler (2008)
  • The Quiz...and How Nathaniel R. Nudged Me Off the Fence
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  • Hail Cesars
  • B.O. for Best Pics
  • Note to the Academy: Why So Serious?
  • “There's Work to be Done”
  • Sam Cooke Quote of the Day
  • 1-20-09
  • Quote of the Day
  • My Year of Watching French Cinema
  • An Ad For Something No One Needs
  • The Man Who Sold "Crash" to the World
  • Quote of the Effin' Year
  • Now Playing: 678 Miles Away
  • And Then There Were Nine...
  • Hall of Fame Links
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  • "Slumdog" Has Its Day
  • Less Than Grand “Torino”
  • Death-of-Journalism Quote of the Day
  • DGAs, PGAs, AAs, Blah Blahs,
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  • Movie Review: Marley & Me (2008)
  • The Tyranny of the Short Term
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  • Interview with a Star
  • Johnny Depp Quote of the Day
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  • Good-Bye To All That
  • From the Vault: Freelance Writing 101
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  • Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • Escape from Sea-Tac
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  • Cambio
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  • Quote of the Day
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  • Quote of the Day
  • The Obama Non-Stories
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  • Marc!
  • Milkless Globes
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  • Oscar Watch: L.A. Critics Pick "WALL-E"
  • HuffPosters
  • NY Times Links for the Day
  • Coughlin Jumps Orwell
  • One-Sentence Review: “Slumdog Millionaire”
  • Gomorra in Europe
  • “The Most Vicious Smear Campaign Ever Mounted Against an American Politician”
  • Authors: Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, Barbara Bush's Dog
  • Oscar Watch: FOJ-Dub
  • Oscar Watch: NBR Picks "Slumdog"
  • Didion, Clad in her Armor
  • What Recent Blockbuster Should've Been Nominated Best Picture?
  • Cieply: Academy Increasingly Foreign, Indie
  • The Reductive Headlines of the Seattle P-I
  • NY Times: A Graf Too Far
  • Torture to Watch
  • Oscar Watch — The Carpetbagger
  • Oscar Watch — Entertainment Weekly
  • Two-Minute Review: E.L. Doctorow's “Creationists”
  • Scientific Quote of the Day
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  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Two-Minute Review: Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Debating our National Story
  • Is "There Will Be Blood" an Epic?
  • Ann Patchett on Philippe Petit
  • The Unsexiest Cover
  • On Meeting Stan Lee in 1975 — or — Another Practically Priceless Blog Entry in the Mighty Marvel Manner
  • Whatever Happened to the American Epic?
  • 15 Films Up for Best Documentary
  • DFMF Quote of the Day
  • All Hail King Albert!
  • New Yorker Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • David Grann on Why McCain Lost
  • Baffling Republican Quote of the Day
  • 007 for 2008
  • Dan Savage Opens a Can of Whup-Ass
  • TDS: RIP? — Addendum
  • When Bush Met Obama — 2004
  • Hertzberg on McCain: 9/13/04
  • Hertzberg on Obama: 9/13/04
  • Reader Quote of the Day
  • DFMF Quote of the Day
  • The Best Argument for Gay Marriage
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  • TDS: RIP?
  • Levittown Speaks
  • Maureen Dowd Sucks (Again)
  • Karim Sadjadpour Quote of the Day
  • Frank Rich Quote of the Day
  • Obama Quote of the Day - for Patricia
  • Sullivan Hammers Krauthammer
  • Le Plaisir
  • "These are not the Snicker bars you're looking for."
  • Anonymous Quote of the Day
  • Patricia Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day at Arnellia's
  • We Never Imagined That In Our Lifetime...
  • Repeat Quote of the Day
  • Quote of the Day
  • My Election Day
  • GOTV in America
  • GOTV in Pennsylvania
  • My First Blog Post
  • All Hail Hendrik Hertzberg!
  • Inanity, Insanity
  • “Idiot Wind” by Bob Dylan
  • Unafraid to Listen
  • Obama Quote of the Day - II
  • Obama Quote of the Day - I
  • Dark Knight + Oscar
  • Country Last
  • An Open Letter to Bud Selig
  • “Entourage” Prediction
  • The Six Narratives of John McCain
  • Jamie Moyer: Class Act
  • New Yorker Quote of the Day - III
  • New Yorker Quote of the Day - II
  • New Yorker Quote of the Day - I
  • McCain Endorses Obama?
  • Oh. My. God.
  • Curbing Enthusiasm
  • British Quote of the Day
  • Movie Quote of the Day
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  • Two Minute Review: W. (2008)
  • Two Minute Review: Burn After Reading (2008)
  • Canvassing for Obama in Youngstown, OH
  • Norman Mailer and the 1964 Republican Convention
  • Letters from Norman
  • Reporting the Forecast: Sports Illustrated's Baseball Preview Predictions
  • How to Predict: Follow the Numbers
  • Musical Quote of the Day
  • Two Minute Review: Religulous (2008)
  • More Wrigley Blues
  • Paul Newman: 1925-2008
  • The VEEP Debate: America's Cocktail Waitress
  • The Real Joe Sixpack
  • Literary Quote of the Day
  • The Debate
  • NY Times Offers Lack of Leadership
  • Bush and the Hail Mary Candidate
  • Movie Quote of the Day
  • Movie Quote of the Day
  • Mark Antony in Oxford Town
  • Gourevitch on Palin
  • Palin's Access: Beyond Disgraceful
  • Movie Quote of the Day
  • The Big Red Dog is Wanted Dead or Alive
  • Why 'DC: 9/11' is the New 'Reefer Madness'
  • "You want to see a REAL liberal media, Otis?"
  • EWww
  • Tom Toles is Genius
  • Things to Read Before the Next Great Depression
  • We've Been Down
  • My Name is Erik Lundegaard and I Approve of This Message
  • Literary Quote of the Day
  • Who is Barack Obama? Atticus Finch
  • OK, Everyone Read Andrew Sullivan
  • Movie Quote of the Day
  • Palin: Worse than We Thought
  • Movie Quote of the Day
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  • Lies, Damn Lies and John McCain
  • Like the Best Show Ever
  • My Friend Craig
  • More Toles
  • John McCain and Steve Schmidt are going to burn in hell for all eternity
  • Begala and Willis to Media: Just State the Facts, Jack
  • Obama to Palin: “Don't Mock the Constitution”
  • Boys are Back in Town
  • McCain: Reckless, Nutty, Irresponsible
  • The Easily Intimidated Sarah Palin
  • McCain: Rash and Not Bright. Sound Familiar?
  • "I Believe in Al Pacino"
  • How Palin was for Obama before she was against him
  • Drill Now! Drill Now! Drill Now!
  • The Shakers (Hopefully Not the Movers)
  • Sen. McBush/Gov. Earmark
  • The Community Organizer
  • Barack's Response
  • Things to read and watch while the culture wars start up again
  • Talkin' RNC Blues
  • Who's Whining Now?
  • Movie Quote of the Day
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  • "We're Amazingly Incompetent or We Lied"
  • The Power of Our Example
  • One-sentence Review of 'The Edge of Heaven'
  • “The Lundegaards”
  • Is Ron Suskind a Coen Brothers Fan?
  • Fassbinder Tried
  • Why you can't take toothpaste on an airplane
  • "Bush II" by William Shakespeare
  • Dillinger lives
  • Cyclist "doored," ticketed
  • Entertainment Weekly's Summer Box Office Predictions: Reporting the Forecast
  • How Owen Gleiberman gets ‘Vicki Christina Barcelona’ wrong
  • "Dear Fellow Republican"
  • Cyclists vs. Motorists: How The New York Times Ain't Helping
  • Reagan v. Founding Fathers
  • G.O.P.: The Party of Stupid
  • Two-Minute Review: “Coup de Torchon” (1982)
  • Le Pays de Cons
  • Why Titanic is unsinkable
  • Philippe Petit becomes a bird
  • New Ministers of Propaganda
  • No on Ferrell, yes on Gould
  • Lundegaard Camp Says NY Times Plays Sap
  • That McCain Rumor
  • We've come a long way, baby
  • Roger and Gene
  • Two Face
  • The Poetry of Philippe Petit
  • That New York Times Front Page
  • That New Yorker Cover
  • One Good Cop
  • How far?
  • Michael Giltz on the history of Batman's opening weekends
  • Dave Kehr: A history lesson every Tuesday
  • The Dark Knight: The smartest superhero movie ever made
  • David Carr: How That Guy became This Guy
  • Something to be said for blitzkrieg
  • Manohla Dargis gets it on with Batman, gives Superman the cold shoulder
  • Bob le flambeur
  • Much Ado About Flashcards
  • The history of Batman: from les Vampires to George Clooney
  • Never Google Yourself - Part I
  • Fox News: Anti-Semitic or merely vindictive?
  • We interrupt this vacation to bring you a Slate piece
  • Me, Claudius
  • Trumbo
  • Dancing with the universe
  • The best movie of 2008
  • The NY Times box office report card: C minus
  • Fall of the American Empire Quote of the Day - II
  • Movie Review: The Batman (1943)
  • John.he.is
  • Over-RAY-ted!
  • The Fall of the American Empire Quote of the Day
  • R.I.P., Cyd Charisse
  • Jackie Chan's Top 10 Stunts
  • The Pretty Good Hulk
  • Another day, another glitch
  • No. 600
  • It's Tuesday and I love Bill Moyers
  • The top 100 opening weekends
  • Audience test scores and “The Office”
  • Stuck between two women at the SEX AND THE CITY premiere
  • Om Shanti Om — Addendum
  • Om Shanti Om
  • Web-head vs. Shell-head
  • Memorial Day weekend
  • 25-25
  • It's Sunday and I love George Packer
  • 20-25
  • Quick Quiz: Baseball
  • Why is the New York Times encouraging Hollywood's myopia?
  • The Ten-Cent Plague and the ebb and flow of culture
  • El Orfanato and the power of women
  • Movie Review: Sansho Dayu (1954)
  • It's Sunday and I'm a little disappointed in Manohla Dargis
  • Nuit et Brouillard (1955)
  • Who's your superhero?
  • Reframing the War on Terror with Milan Kundera
  • It's Sunday morning and I love David Mamet, Randy Newman, Frank Rich and especially Elizabeth Edwards
  • Movie Review: Avenue Montaigne (2006)
  • “J'ai l'oeil americain”
  • LE CORBEAU (1943) et HORS DE PRIX (2006)
  • Paul Auster
  • Tom Toles
  • So it goes...
  • 5Top Cinematic Stoners
  • Why a stripper is like you
  • SUPERMAN! Starring Vass Anderson
  • Captain America and the short end of the stick
  • Why movies that open in 2,000 theaters should be avoided
  • Hulk smash New York Times!
  • The most popular movies of all time are chick flicks
  • Marty
  • Where in the world are Iraq War movies popular?
  • 56
  • "In the Shadow of the Moon"
  • One-sentence review for “Black Book”
  • United Artists
  • The Meek, etc.
  • "There's always a kid, isn't there?"
  • “The Wire”: An Appreciation
  • Coupla white guys sitting around talking about movies
  • Quality schmality
  • Our long national comeuppance
  • The Believer
  • It's 3 a.m. Do you know where your President is?
  • "New Indiana Jones trailer is smash hit"
  • W.C. Heinz: Rest in Peace
  • Letting go
  • Addendum
  • American Political prisoner?
  • Q & A with Jim Walsh
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