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First, the good news: Dakota Fanning. The other good news is that there isn’t too much bad news about Push. Chris Evans (somewhat robotically, but, okay, expected) plays a telekinetic man pursued by a shadowy government agency called “Division” who want to experiment on him and others like him: watchers, who can see the future;
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ALBUM OF THE YEARSara Bareilles, Little VoiceSounds like: Linda Rondstadt singing the writings of Gloria SteinemBest Tracks: “Love Song,” “Bottle It Up,” “Come Round Soon,” “One Sweet Love”Representative Lyrics: “There’ll be girls across the nation that’ll eat this up / babe, I know that it’s your soul but could you bottle it up”Notes: Blending traditional
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“There’s only two types of people in the world,” Britney Spears opines on her new album, “the ones that entertain and the ones that observe.” From her perspective, I don’t doubt for a second that this is the truth, seeing as she’s one of the most oft observed people in American culture (or should I
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The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon by Charles Jensen (New Michigan Press, 2007) New Michigan Press, 2007 Unlike the Octopus authors, Charles Jensen doesn’t play mind games with the artificial distinctions among categories. Rather, he creates a collage from bits and pieces of various genres in the service of a real, honest-to-god narrative. Of course,
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So, I watched Borat for the first time last night. … I feel like there’s nothing I can say about it that wouldn’t ruin someone else’s first time viewing of it, so I’ll refrain from sharing a review. Except to say it’s been a long time since a movie made me laugh that loud (and
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There’s probably not a more timely film than Marjane Satropi’s animated history Persepolis. Based on her graphic novels, the film recounts Satropi’s experience during the Iranian cultural revolution, the toppling of the Shah, and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism that resulted in radical changes in Iranian day-to-day life. The story itself is wrenching. In childhood,
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