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MLK and Twain Go Viral (and Awry)

Without careful eyes and fact checkers, who knows how long we, the masses, would have been in the dark. I first saw the Martin Luther

Movie Monday: Thor

Well, they had a nice run. They tore past the competition last week like they were so many tardy tortoises. But Vin Diesel and Paul

Lethal … Beaver?

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked in to screen Mel Gibson’s latest film, The Beaver (which opens in limited release today). After

Just Forget It

Whether you were a fan or not, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was something of a mind-blower (pun intended). A logline description of

Truth, Justice and, Um, Something Else

On April 28, Superman announced his intention of giving up his U.S. citizenship.  “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy,”

Pictures of Hope

Social networking often gets mixed reviews. But here’s a story about it that makes me smile. After tornadoes cut a wide swath of destruction across

Movie Monday: Fast Five

Score one for high-octane entertainment. Fast Five, the latest installment in the Vin Diesel-anchored The Fast and the Furious franchise, screamed past its competitors for

Time Click-Clacks On

Already, 2011 has been a year of loss. Elizabeth Taylor died. So did Jane Russell. And let’s not forget the Denver Nuggets’ loss last night

The Stranger On the Other End

Think about this for a second: When you plug into the Internet and chat with people from potentially anywhere around the world, do you really

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