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1/22/16

True Magic and New Danger were good-not-great but it's also difficult to follow up instant classics like Black Star and Black on Both Sides. However, I'm a pretty big fan of The Ecstatic, which would be an exceptional choice for his "final" album - it was a successful sonic redefinition of what makes him a first-rate…

1/21/16

*Offers a sheet of Kleenex*

1/21/16

While it might be a matter of vastly improved accessibility in North America (thanks, Netflix!), it seems like martial arts movies have experienced a sort of renaissance over the last several years. Some of the best films I've seen in the past 12 months have been in this genre (Man From Nowhere, The Raid and its…

1/19/16

#WhoEvenCares

1/19/16

Like I'm supposed to know?

1/19/16

No High Sierra, no The Thief - are you nuts?

1/17/16

Yarp

1/15/16

God dammit, you sons of bitches!

1/15/16

I'm disappointed this isn't going to be an epic mini-series interpretation of Christian Mingle.

1/14/16

"…gay, mentally and physically disabled, woman of color [who was a victim of the Holocaust… after she was a victim of slavery]."

1/12/16

The idea of this has glimmers of "funny" so I watched the whole thing. I wanted to stand and cheer but, instead, I sat and didn't.

1/12/16

Wait, do you mean finally gets a role in a genre show that isn't hated by the entire fanbase or did you mean finally gets a role in a genre show that isn't hated by the entire fanbase?

1/6/16

A little Koch goes a long way.

1/6/16

And Fox News anchors were the Nazis.

1/6/16

The AV Club

1/6/16

There, there… there, there…

1/6/16

Boys will be boys?

1/5/16

I edited my post for clarity…

1/5/16

I have no doubt there was rampant cognitive bias in terms of how the family was perceived. My other thought was this: If I were one of the jurors from Manitowoc, would I be comfortable providing a "not guilty" verdict when the broader implication of the supporting defense's arguments meant I would be openly…

1/5/16

One of the most frustrating things to watch was how the Avery's (and Dassey's) were not socially, intellectually or financially equipped to deal with the State's abuse of power. To paraphrase Strang, we watched an entire family get "ground up and spit out by the system".