Category Archives: cinema

get the Kryptonite!

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 26 by Anton

Cintra Wilson raises the alarm: I must warn the world about Tom Cruise. I feel he is an utterly terrifying Superior Life Form, with the power to melt heads and braid spines. His eyes are as hard, shiny and brutally … Continue reading →

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why is there a watermelon in there?

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 07 by Anton

Recently a friend said to me out of the blue, “Home is where you wear your hat!” I spun mental wheels for a moment and came back, “Character is who you are in the dark!” You know what that means … Continue reading →

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the not so common heritage

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 14 by Anton

When allusions whoosh by to movies that I never saw, like these, I worry a bit less about homogenization of culture. While I’m up: why do some -ize verbs like baptize have nouns in -ism, while others take -ization (half … Continue reading →

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Planet of the Marxists

Posted on Monday, 2002 February 11 by Anton

Am I the last to see it? A t-shirt bearing the familiar iconic portrait of Che Guevara – you know, beret with a star – except that the face is from Planet of the Apes.

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you know my name, look up the number

Posted on Sunday, 2002 February 10 by Anton

Peeve: Redundantly numbered lists, such as this list of 134 worst movies, numbered in alphabetical order from 1 to 102. The median date of the champion turkeys, by the way, is 1988. Amazing. Update (December 2003): They took the numbers … Continue reading →

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