Archive for June, 2010

AMC, like FX, has come out of the woodwork in recent years with a toolbox full of well-acted, high quality narratives featuring interesting cinematography.  And if you saw the special sneak preview of “Rubicon,” which is set to premiere just after “Mad Men” on August 1 starring James Badge Dale from “24,” and “The...
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It’s been way too long since we’ve had a runoff between an original song and its cover version. As a reminder, Cover v. Original works like this:  A contributor presents covers and originals in a post.  Readers debate over which is better in the comments.  Final verdict is given about one week later. This...
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No, James Cameron has nothing to do with this one, thank Zeus’s beard. Check out the Emmy Award winning anime on which M. Night Shyamalan is basing his newest labor of arrogance love and you won’t be disappointed by the clever dialogue, excellent pacing and plot, and truly unique storytelling, or you’ll have all...
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Created and hosted by the super cute mixed media artist Thu Tran, Food Party is an eleven-minute morsel of the most absurd foodie fantasy brought to life on the Independent Film Channel. Every Tuesday night, from her cardboard kitchen set, Tran arbitrarily renders recipes from leftovers, candy, condiments and sometimes the murdered corpses of...
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2 Sentence Review: Aroma Coffee In this role playing game, your job is to serve cappuccinos and iced mochas to a long line of customers in hopes to continue to grow the Aroma Coffee franchise. This seems like perfect training for a Starbucks employee – what ingredients are in a latte, what’s in an...
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A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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Was it worth the crowded 1.5 hour, sore feet, sweaty pits wait? Probably not, but…it was free; there was a cute girl next to me (I did not speak to her); they sounded pretty.
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In the ABC network’s latest venture in beat-the-clock trivia game shows, Downfall features hopeful contestants perched on the rooftop of a 10-story Los Angeles high-rise to answer questions for fabulous trips and prizes; of course there’s a catch:
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Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 70 through 67.
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I hate Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz (and by 'hate' I mean completely and utterly despise and wouldn't miss them if they fell off the edge of the fucking universe)
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