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Oh, Sunday nights…you having-six-things-on-at-once scamp, you. Looking to catch up on shows that bit it in the DVR face-off, or stuff like Golden Boy that Couch Baron may or may not be making you watch?
Maybe …
From the looks of the nominations thread, the George Divison belongs to Hotel Rwanda, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Where the Red Fern Grows. We saw valid cases made for all; I haven’t watched any of these, …
What a strange flight Kaplan is. I don’t quite understand the noms for Murder in the First and V for Vendetta, or even for Brazil, a movie I recall as having enough of a funny …
The randomizer giveth, the randomizer taketh away. What it giveth here in the Ku division is two presumptive favorites, Breaking the Waves and Requiem for a Dream, plus a Gary Oldman joint and some embattled …
I’m in search of a short story that I first remember reading in junior high (early 1980s FWIW, but I’m sure the story is much older) — we were given short stories to act out …
I haven’t seen a few key entries in the Coppola division, which I suspect is making my decision easier here. Not “easy,” but easier.
Based on what I have seen, I can rule out Apocalypse Now …
This is the master list of Cinemarch Madness polls for the conference-play round. If it’s open, you can vote in it; if it’s closed, either it ended or you have to wait for the poll’s …
(I…right? The UNC game I watched last night with Dirk quadrupled what I know about college basketball, so pretend I made a hilarious joke about posting up and let’s move on.)
Thanks so much to everyone …
I’m attending a local community college and working in a student leadership position. I met a younger guy about nine months ago in a class I was a TA in last winter quarter. We got …
The Movie: The Vanishing (U.S.)
The Crush Object: Kiefer Sutherland
The Story: Barney Cousins (Jeff Bridges) rehearses an abduction using ether and a bunch of Ted Bundy-ish props, and is generally a creeper. Not coincidentally, Jeff (Kiefer) …