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Daily Archives: December 11, 2013
Poster Art: Apes
While I haven’t seen the most recent reboot of the franchise, the poster art for the upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a fantastic piece of work:
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Lionsgate Picks Up ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
For mysterious reasons (ahem), Hollywood is largely hostile to Christian America. And no sooner has Reza Aslan’s controversial book come out than it’s been optioned for a motion picture. Lionsgate has picked up the screen rights to Zealot: The Life … Continue reading
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Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise has yet another sci-fi-film-cum-Scientology-Analogue in the upcoming (and blandly named) film Edge of Tomorrow: Ever wonder what Hollywood might cook up it it ever crossed Groundhog Day with Predator? In Edge of Tomorrow, director Doug Limon (Mr. & … Continue reading
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Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela Funeral
Yet another example, this time at one of the msot poignant instances possible for driving the point home, of of how Africa is, well, different than the West: (CNN) — To those outside the deaf community, the sign language interpreter … Continue reading
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David Horowitz: The Black Book of the American Left
On C-SPAN’s BookTV this past weekend, I caught David Horowitz speaking on his new book The Black Book of the American Left: The Collected Conservative Writings of David Horowitz. Horowitz was excellent as always, showcasing his ability to distill the … Continue reading
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Colin Wilson (1931 – 2013)
Colin Wilson, the prolific and eccentric writer on occult and other matters has died. At age 24, a precocious Wilson penned The Outsider (1956), a reimagining of classic existential-oriented literature and arts that made a big splash. It’s a decent … Continue reading
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Peter Sellers
Two lost Peter Sellers films have been discovered: Dearth of a Salesman and Insomnia is Good For You are two comedy shorts, each 30 minutes long. They were made by the actor in 1957, the early period of his film … Continue reading
Lost Cash Album Being Released
An unreleased Johnny Cash album from the mid ’80s is being released: Cash’s estate is releasing “Out Among the Stars,” an album he recorded with Billy Sherrill in the early 1980s that was never released by Columbia Records, then disappeared … Continue reading
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Nairobi Mall Terrorists May Have Escaped
On the day of the incident, we already had reports of the chaotic police and military response. Now we have this, which, if true, is one more example of how the West is different than Africa: A report by the … Continue reading
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