Author: J T. Ramsay
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There are helicopters, napalm and children.
28 Weeks Later, the heroless sequel to Danny Boyle’s excellent 28 Days Later, does for zombie movies what Children of Men did for dystopian thrillers. Director Juan Fresnadillo uses familiar scenes from Iraq and Katrina to criticize U.S. military involvement and the value the government places on civilians, somehow managing to never get bogged down…
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A rare circumstance where television might really help you.
I voted for Michael Nutter today. A few weeks ago this seemed like a protest vote — the kind favored generally by the well-educated Age of Reform Part One types who typically also believe that pluralism works, a thousand flowers bloom, etc. I went into the voting booth today believing that America’s mayoralties might be…
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In the future even books will have video trailers.
It’s like the office, but instead of Tim and Dawn [or whatever the American counterparts are named] it’s a romance between an unnamed narrator and the office itself. And all it’s inhabitants, sort of. One of those two entities [the office or the unnamed narrator] has a MySpace. And an amazingly produced website. Check them…
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And you thought it was just zombie masters and crooked cops.
PTW’s got a pretty nice Baltimore scene mixtape at the ready. Looks pretty cool but keep an eye out for Chris, Snoop and Omar anyway.
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It was pitch black save the barlight.
It’s old news now, but Kelefa got shook at Deerhunter. I was impressed. They made playing in the dark seem more novel to me, but maybe that’s just because it was a nice reprieve from the steady diet of red that usually floods the stage. The Fluorescent Grey EP is easy listening compared to Cryptograms,…