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Stupid friends
Here are five things I didn’t know before watching Justice League:
1) “The uncanny valley” is actually an area located on the upper lip of...
A pretty smart idiot
Floating through life on a personal high only partly provided by cannabis, the bearded, Crocs-sporting, semiprofessional farmer specializing in organics (or rather, “biodynamics”) is played, winningly, by Paul Rudd in an enjoyable shamble of a picture called Our ...
The moment when everything changed
Scientific people know very well that time is only a kind of space. We can move forward and backward in time just as we...
Drama of the real
Eveleth, Minnesota, is home to fewer than 5,000 residents and the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Up here, hockey is a way of life...
Will the circle be unbroken?
As the old saying goes: If you think you’ve got problems, ask someone about theirs. Within one hour you’ll be begging for your own...
Gilda Radner: Her voice and her writing
There seems to be an endless fascination with the famed Saturday Night Live. While the merits of the weekly television show are continually debated...
Droning on
For one brief, shining moment, the completely unnecessary remake of Robocop suggested the possibility of non-suckage. Pat Novak (Samuel L. Jackson), a host of cable news propaganda, frothily and non-ironically...
Home viewing: Existential cinema
Comfort watching comes in all shapes in sizes. Sometimes it’s a chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. Other times it’s Gene Kelly dancing...
Local buzz
There are some months when life in Colorado is an embarrassment of riches. April is one such month. And those craving moving images and...
‘The Revenant’ punishes DiCaprio for Academy love
Without spoiling whether survivalist/tempting-bear-treat Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) survives The Revenant, we can still talk about one climactic shot. DiCaprio, having been maimed in...


















