Archive · 2009

June 2009

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City and the city…

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I have been waiting for the new novel by China Mieville for what feels like forever. Finally last week City and the City came out and I picked it up and WOW! You know how sometimes when it's been a while since you've read an author and you worry that maybe… Continue reading →

Heart of the Matter 06/01/09

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The Torture Mentality, Part 4 It's impossible to keep up with the ever-creative arguments of torture apologists, but I'm trying. For the moment, let me step back from the cornucopia of metastasizing specific torture apologies and focus for a moment more on… Continue reading →

Up and Down with 3-D

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Saw "Up" this weekend – if "Where the Wild Things Are" is nearly half as affecting, it'll be a great year for "audiences of all ages" – and while gorging on reviews thereafter, I noticed the wide variety of reactions to the film's use of 3-D. Among the… Continue reading →