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Tag: robin williams

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On Depression

Pardon the interruption, but I’ve been thinking.

Posted on August 31, 2014October 5, 2014
dvd doubleback

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

Posted on January 5, 2014December 11, 2014
watchin' & writin'

Another Day – INSOMNIA

Everybody you talk to loves all things Nolan. Well…almost all things Nolan. There’s that second-cousin from Alaska that many in the family like to ignore.

Posted on July 19, 2012January 13, 2014
blogathon, reactions, watchin' & writin'

Sweet Pain: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

The most anticipated pull from The Lefthand Shelf of Doom brings with it a surprising and unexpected result.

Posted on July 13, 2012December 24, 2012
watchin' & writin'

Back to Basics – AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Come away, o human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand…

Posted on May 17, 2010November 8, 2012

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