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Another View of Inception

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Aug 1, 2010

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Well, I finally saw Inception. I hadn’t planned on writing about it, however, as everyone from fanboy to critic to armchair PhD has already weighed in. Still, Christopher Nolan’s latest certainly squeezed my mind grapes, so I figured I’d throw some ideas together. ++Dream a Little Dream++ Artists of all kinds have long been fascinated with dreams [...]

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No Fatties, Please. Fatties, Welcome! Weight & Hollywood’s Double Standard

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Sun, Jul 4, 2010

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I saw two movies in June: Get Him to the Greek, and Cyrus. The former stars Jonah Hill as a music-industry type trying to revive British musician Aldous Snow’s (Russell Brand) career by getting him to play at the famous Greek theater. The latter features Hill as the titular character who spends the [...]

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The Bechdel Test

Posted by Neil Cleary on Thu, May 27, 2010

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Inspired by Carrie’s post, I thought I’d show you this video explaining The Bechdel Test for movies (created by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who these days we can call “Vermont’s own Alison Bechdel”). I came across it recently when a friend linked to it on Facebook, watched it and didn’t think much about it til the [...]

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“I’m a Carrie”: Sex and the City’s Phony Feminism

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Thu, May 27, 2010

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Hear that high-pitched scream in the background? It’s either a traveling castrato choir, or Sex and the City 2 is opening in theaters this Friday.The sequel is set in Abu Dhabi, and I’m not really sure what it’s about. I looked up the trailer and watched it (just for you, readers), and it [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day, Part II: No Wire Hangers!

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, May 9, 2010

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[Hat tip to our own Chris Parizo]

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