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nicokeano
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Stephen!

this review nails it.

Just reading Natasha Lyonne's wiki and surprised to see she shares a lot of experiences with her character on the show. yikes!

does anybody know what book Claudette is reading in these episodes?

some valid points raised but they are debatable, none more so than 'humour as an absence of humanism'. take this first paragraph in Scott Tobias article on The Host: 'An officer wearing a full hazmat suit storms into a
gymnasium full of survivors—many of whom are mourning their loved ones—promptly
slips and falls to the

indeed. and i read there is an advertisement, either on the bus itself or in the background, for Hitchcock's Vertigo, a sort of double tip of the hat to the Master.

Diane Keaton dominates Manhattan Murder Mystery, which is saying a lot as there are some great performances from Alda, Huston and of course Woody. i love when she's trying to discreetly imply to the detectives that there is something unsavoury about Mr. House, and she gets one of the best final lines of all time:

attention av club writers: cliche is not an adjective.

interesting how ideas circulate and standards shift. he was okay with using cracked audio software (and bragging about it publicly) but when a company appropriates his lyrics to sell t-shirts it's too much.

right lads, first to run to the pub at the end of the street and bring me back a pint of guinness without spilling a drop gets to star in my next project: 'guns, guns and more guns.'

i found the use of italics in this review to be a little bit annoying.

i found the use of italics in this review to be a little bit annoying.

seriously, what is it with that word? just say fat or plump or slightly overweight, anything but that fucking word.

seriously, what is it with that word? just say fat or plump or slightly overweight, anything but that fucking word.

'sinister, steeped in secrecy, based on an especially fantastical mythology that demands cult-like blind faith and increasingly strange behavior, and has a history of intimidating and silencing its critics?'

'sinister, steeped in secrecy, based on an especially fantastical mythology that demands cult-like blind faith and increasingly strange behavior, and has a history of intimidating and silencing its critics?'

lolz, the writer feels obliged to see movies in 3D, a format he detests. and he has the temerity to distinguish himself from the 'sad sheep' that populate the modern multiplex? megalolz.

lolz, the writer feels obliged to see movies in 3D, a format he detests. and he has the temerity to distinguish himself from the 'sad sheep' that populate the modern multiplex? megalolz.

nicely worded review

i liked the dedication to Tim Hetherington and the Camp Timothy/Restrepo parallel. otherwise i found the episode quite weak.