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War of the Worlds: Close Encounters, Take Two
April 30, 2013 – 11:32 PM | 9 Comments
<I>War of the Worlds</I>: <I>Close Encounters</I>, Take Two

A fantastic two hours; I didn’t get bored once. I like Tom Cruise so much more when he’s playing a borderline douche, as he does here.

Out With The Crowd: “You are not Herb Brooks”
May 3, 2012 – 8:32 AM | 15 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “You are not Herb Brooks”

In this installment of Out With The Crowd, I talked with TN/baseball regular commenter — and level-headed Red Sox fan — BSD about Cherington agonistes, chicken tattletales, and stabilizing douchebags. We spoke on April 21 …

The Vacationing: July 2009 Edition
July 26, 2009 – 9:53 PM | 22 Comments
The Vacationing: July 2009 Edition

Typhus, the Brooklyn Dodgers of Flatbush, lesser Kennedys, seminal animé (say that five times fast), Argentine nutbars, and cod on the Cape — plus the N Cereal AA and the fall contest.These stories and more, …

Wired
July 2, 2008 – 9:13 PM | 34 Comments
<I>Wired</I>

I have always had trouble…accessing John Belushi, I guess is the right term.The guy is just not funny to me.A lot of early/”classic” SNL is not funny to me, which stems partly from hearing the …

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
June 24, 2008 – 8:20 PM | 30 Comments
<I>Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired</I>

From a reader:
Hi Sars,
Have you watched the Roman Polanski doc on HBO yet? With your interest in true crime, I wondered if this one appealed to you.

As much as they tried to make him very …