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A Religion for Toys

Posted by R. Fiore on July 6th, 2010 at 9:57 PM

Toy Story 3: The Passion of the Plaything Messiah. Something you may not want to read if you haven’t seen the movie yet.

The Most Frustrating Theater in Los Angeles

Posted by R. Fiore on June 8th, 2010 at 12:56 AM

In which life continues in its mission to teach R. Fiore humility.

I Believe You, Mr. Wilson, I Believe You Anyway

Posted by R. Fiore on May 20th, 2010 at 1:15 PM

I was considering the Dennis the Menace reference, but I decided to go with the John Cale instead.

Career Opportunities with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Posted by R. Fiore on May 13th, 2010 at 12:43 AM

Watching Iron Man 2 brought about a couple of the senior moments one will have if one is more conversant with the characters as practiced 30 or more years ago than in the current standard revised versions.  (One particular example…

Fisking Berlatsky

Posted by R. Fiore on April 29th, 2010 at 1:10 PM

As I once said about another commentator on these pages, the way to ignore someone is to ignore them.  However, if a fellow insists on making a spectacle of the chip on his shoulder, one may succumb to the temptation…

South Park Versus the Mob

Posted by R. Fiore on April 26th, 2010 at 1:57 AM

In the recent censorship incident the producers of South Park are in the position of the district attorney when the Mafia starts killing witnesses.  All the appeals for courage and all the denunciations of the cowardice of the perpetrators will…

Go Ye and Figure

Posted by R. Fiore on April 20th, 2010 at 7:05 PM

Strange vindication for Dave Sim comes from Tasha Robinson, critic for the Onion A.V. Club, who when asked for a work of art that changed her life, cited the masculinist rant in Sim’s book Reads.

Beginning and Ending with Vikings

Posted by R. Fiore on April 15th, 2010 at 9:40 PM

What have I been doing when I was supposed to be blogging?  Well, I went to the movies . . .

If you’re like me the trailers for How to Train Your Dragon did an excellent job of convincing…

Real Horrorshow

Posted by R. Fiore on March 15th, 2010 at 2:23 AM

I saw Stanley Kubrick’s movie of A Clockwork Orange again recently, and it brought to mind some thoughts while not specifically germane to comics are germane to morally ambiguous entertainment, which comics tend to be.  (I’m assuming you’ve all…

Well, My Guy Won

Posted by R. Fiore on March 7th, 2010 at 7:46 PM

Logorama wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.   Last time I checked, the link in the link still had the full version of the movie streaming.

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