By May 30,2008

The Strangers

So I reviewed the new Liv Tyler/Scott Speedman horror flick The Strangers this week. I think I might have gotten a little ambitious with my thesis, so instead of quoting...

By May 29,2008

Put Huckabee's Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It

Mike Huckabee denounces libertarianism as a “heartless, callous, soulless type of economic conservatism” that poses “the greatest threat to classic Republicanism” and is “not an American message.” Justin Logan blows...

By May 29,2008

Battle Royale

As James mentioned last week, Battle Royale is a fine example of modern Japanese cinema. And here comes the AV Club with tons more info on the film. One quibble,...

By May 29,2008

Copying without plagiarizing

Ever since I got into the journalism biz–way back in the halcyon days of 2004–I’ve noticed an interesting dilemma: Journalists at large, national outlets will steal ideas and other people’s...