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Twelve favorites on the twelfth

It’s that time again — I post my annual schizophrenic eclectic list of the media bits I enjoyed most in the last year.
Same ground rules apply for this, my fifth list: things have to be new-to-me in the last year, they have to be things you can still access (I don’t want to compile a [...]


The Gay Cowboy Love Story I Didn’t Need to See

In some ways I think it is great that a “gay cowboy movie” is up for major Academy Awards. Ten or fifteen years ago, Brokeback Mountain wouldn’t be playing anywhere except for film festivals and art movie theaters. The two male stars wouldn’t have their pick of next roles in films with big name directors [...]


I’d have Joss Whedon’s baby, if I were into that kind of thing.

I enjoyed Serenity that much.
It is based on Whedon’s cancelled-by-idiots Firefly series. You don’t need to see Firefly to get the movie, but it will be more fun if you have.
I can forgive you for not watching the show the first time around. It was on for all of ten minutes or so, and [...]


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