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Advocates of civil disobedience believe it’s OK to disobey an unjust law.  And everybody disobeys those silly small-town laws that prohibit things like training lions to ride unicycles on Sunday.  This is OK, because what else are you gonna do on a Sunday?  Read? Then there are laws and rules, on the books basically everywhere, [...]

We all love a good list; it’s a quick, easy, and convenient way to organize information without starting every other paragraph with “Oh, and ALSO…” But they need to be interesting, especially in this age of endless information bombarding you from all directions, plus a few more that haven’t been discovered yet.  With thousands of [...]

Currently, there’s a rather unpleasant radio commercial for some Chipotle sub which talks about some promotion being available for an “unlimited time only.”  That’s not the problem: there is a disclaimer used in the ad that goes something like, “If the world does end in 2012, according to Mayan calendar predictions, due to worldwide earthquakes, [...]

Sometimes the best feeling to experience from a film is confusion.  While mainstream Hollywood loves to churn out countless hackneyed formula-followers, which tell us precisely when to cry or laugh or release tension, having everything spoon-fed and laid out so predictably is a very traditional approach to film.  Sure each has its place, a comedy [...]

Ask anyone older than a fetus’s age, they’ll tell you that film isn’t what it used to be (like most things in life and especially when it comes to the entertainment industry).  Film used to be an artform in which filmmakers always took the long route in having their cinematic brainchild become a direct manifestation [...]