Movies & TV Shows
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In the post- Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) and Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997) TV age, how hard can it be to create an entertaining Wonder Woman TV show? I am not a screenwriter or (perhaps more importantly) a TV producer so can’t offer any real practical strategies. I’m also not a big Wonder Woman fan
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There are two interesting Chinese documentaries streaming on Netflix right now: Weijun Chen’s Please Vote for Me (2007) and Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home (2010). In Chen’s movie, a third grade class experiences democracy firsthand when they hold an election for “Class Monitor.” Fan’s Last Train Home uses the difficulties of securing a train home
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An abridged version of this post appears on the K2Twelve blog. For one reason or another I am unable to post the complete version there, so I’m doing it here: I caught the tail end of the Crime Dramas episode of the PBS series, Pioneers of Television. Of the detective show I have the fondest
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http://www.youtube.com/v/tI_Rzl6KSYs?hl=en&hd=1<\/embed><\/object><\/div>";” alt=””> Two of my favorite holiday movies are Miracle on 34th Street and Bass and Rankin’s The Year Without a Santa Claus because they address questions of belief and faith. Not the religious interpretations of the words but the parental version: What we tell our children they are too old to do and believe
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Good friends tell each other the truth. They are honest with one another. But sometimes good friends allow each other to keep certain “rationalizations.” I tell my good friends I go to the annual New York Comic Con (NYCC) for the sake of my kids and to fulfill my professional obligations as an educator. My
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1984 – Madonna 1991 – Prince’s ass cheeks framed in bright yellow lace 1992 – Howard Stern’s ass cheeks descending from the rafters as Fartman 2000 – Eminem and his army of Slim Shadys – N’Sync performing “Bye, Bye, Bye” – Britney Spears and the illusion of exposure. 2003 – Madonna The MTV Video Music
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