Friday, August 22, 2008

Pop Culture Round Up: August 16 - 22

How intense has this week been? This is old, old news. But still, aww! Seriously, though, you'd think it wasn't August with the level of stories worth reading this week.

"Northern Peaks"? Sounds about right.

Is Germany going to help everyone else get their art back? Like these people, maybe?

Criticism in crisis continues - it's not just for print critics anymore!

That's a shame because I would like to see what the brothers Nolan would make of Professor Hugo Strange.

It is strange, but I've always liked number 5. It's Liev Schreiber's (a man born to play Hamlet if there ever was one) possibly-incestuous take on Laertes that really makes it.

Are there people out there that don't want to see Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber face off? Do they have a pulse? What? I like Liev Schreiber!

Aw, matchmaker! Now there's someone whose life I wonder about.

"Elitism? Of course it is. But then, the love of books is surely a minority sport, isn't it?" Is it? I didn't think it was that hard.

"Parse for me, please, the distinction between 'sexual material' and 'sexual content.'" Heh. The MPAA's a broad target, but they're worth the effort to take aim.

Are you sure it's unfair competition, Brian? Maybe it's poor quality.

I, sadly, do not posses a killer instinct. Well, at least not one of a sociopath.

I'm all about these kinds of programs. It's important to make sure indigenous cultures don't die out.

Hee! John Cusack can't fact check, apparently.

I'm going to watch all of these.

You know, this is true. Sad, but true. Still, there are plots that I would like to see wrap up, and I miss Logan in a big way. Why has no one snapped him up for a plum role yet?

Wrong. If you want to know if something is age appropriate for your kid, read it yourself first. There remains no substitute for parenting.

Ha! "
The man has really got some serious beard on him."

"Jay Baruchel as a high-maintenance mustached porn actor with performance anxiety." One can dream!

Hurrah
! Just the other day I was watching the first one and running around going, "I always thought it would be Clemenza."

A-ha! Good thing smoking always equaled evil and death on Buffy then.

Give your friends faux tattoos. They even ripple!

Mourn Manny Farber by reading what's probably his most famous essay, "White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art."

Then again, maybe we are really August bored. Daily Intel gets into it with the Observer over Ed Westwick's face. Can't we all just agree that he's maybe a (sexy) vampire?

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