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Cutting the Cord (and the Hair)

Today, with the official release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, the blockbuster fantasy franchise is nearing its final curtain call. And

Murder, We Like

We Americans love our hot dogs. We love our apple pie. We love our baseball. And we especially love our murder mysteries. I was thinking

Bang Your … Skate?

Once upon a time, the path to becoming a rock god was simple and clear: Grow your hair out. Raise your fist at everything polite

Movie Monday: Unstoppable Megamind

You can’t keep a good supervillain down. DreamWorks’ animated Megamind stopped a runaway train in its tracks to claim the box office crown for the

We Saw Voyage of the Dawn Treader!

Pssssst! Yeah, over here. Word on the street is you’re lookin’ for the scoop on the third Narnia movie, Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I

Movies Through a Child’s Eye

Every Monday, we typically talk on the blog about the biggest movies of the weekend: What everyone saw, what everyone didn’t see and what, if

Will That be a Latte or 10W-40?

I’ve always thought the prospect of someday sitting down to converse with a robot would be so cool. And obviously I’m not the only one.

The Need (?) For Speed – #1

Last week I purchased a MacBook that’s roughly 20 trillion times faster than my ancient iBook, whose microchips finally (subtle shout-out to Apple’s toughness) gave

Movie Monday: Megamind

In a triumph for bald, blue, misunderstood villains everywhere, DreamWorks’ Megamind grabbed megamillions—an estimated $47.7 million—to steal the box office crown, according to boxofficemojo.com. Another

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