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March 2, 2015 Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy died last week, aged 83. While he was an accomplished actor, director, author, and artist, he is, of course, most famous for playing Spock on Star Trek. It is impossible to write about Leonard Nimoy without writing about Spock, so infused was the character with the man. Much of the Vulcan mythos […]
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February 24, 2015 Tuesday 41: Best Picture Winners
It’s still Oscar season as long as people are griping/celebrating/watching highlights on YouTube, right? I got curious as to how many of the Best Picture Oscar winners I had seen, and once I found out was 41, I figured I might as well try to rank them. It ended up being kind of difficult, especially […]
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February 23, 2015 Oscars Wrap-Up
I don’t have a lot of thoughts on the Oscars, but I’ll give you what I do have, and not in any particular order: Four of my eight picks happened, and I’m okay with that. I’ve never fancied myself a prognosticator, only a fan. The hologram opening was neat. I love Anna Kendrick’s singing voice […]
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February 20, 2015 87th Oscars: My Picks
I haven’t done so well this year as far as seeing the Oscar nominees goes. I had good intentions for some of these, but it’s way more fun to watch big budget spectacles on the big screen and see the thought-provoking dramas at home. That isn’t to say I won’t go see dramas on the big screen, I’m […]
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February 17, 2015 Tuesday 9: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Movies
Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns 34 today and he’s one of those actors who seems to get better and better as time goes on. These two reasons are enough to do a list on him today, aren’t they? (Yes) I think it’s weird I haven’t seen ten movies he’s been in, but it’s also weird that I didn’t […]
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